Lawrence, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Westfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 53964. The Survey maps it on the Westfield West quadrangle. It stands 906 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Westfield West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Wisconsin Dells quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Wisconsin Dells quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
192 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 192 fires within 5 miles of Lawrence between 1992 and 2020, burning about 274 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 9 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 65 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 47 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Other causes | 7 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 8TH AVE FIRE |
| 4 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | LIGHTNING STRIKES 3 |
| 3 September 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | CO M FIRE |
| 3 September 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | TRANSFORMER 755 |
| 3 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 1996 | Natural | 4.4 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lawrence in 1 storm report in 1994: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1994 | Hail | Lawrence | - | Severe thunderstorms rolled across west-central, central and east- central Wisconsin generating two tornadoes, damaging winds, and hail up to the size of golf balls. A tornado briefly touched down three miles south of Luxemburg in Kewaunee County but did not cause any damage. Another tornado was observed near Cataract in Monroe County. This tornado damaged 30 trees, a barn and a picnic shelter. Thunderstorm downburst winds caused $250,000 in damage to 20 barns and numerous pieces of farm equipment from North Bend to Melrose in Jackson County. Violent thunderstorm winds ripped three roofs off businesses in Green Bay, Brown County. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westfield | 2.7 miles | 10 | |
| Oxford | 7.2 miles | 11 | |
| Harrisville | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Packwaukee | 9.5 miles | 10 | |
| Buffalo Shore Estates | 10.6 miles | 12 | |
| Endeavor | 12.3 miles | 12 | |
| Budsin | 12.6 miles | 10 | |
| Douglas Center | 12.6 miles | 15 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Lawrence | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6503749 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1567886. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





