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Lawton, Wisconsin

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Martell town. It lies in ZIP code area 54003. The Survey maps it on the Martell quadrangle. It stands 1,093 feet above sea level.

Lawton within Pierce County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

2 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Lawton between 1993 and 2004, burning under an acre in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 burning1
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
18 April 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 October 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pierce County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Lawton: 13 past producers, 11 occurrences, 4 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Slate, Dimension. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lindgren QuarryStoneUnknown
Pierce County OperationsSlate, DimensionProducer
Beldenville Pass Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ellsworth Limestone Quarry #1Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ellsworth Limestone Quarry #2Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ellsworth Limestone Quarry #3Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Halverson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pine Coulee Road Limestone DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Rush River Dolomite Deposit #1Stone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Rush River Dolomite Deposit #2Stone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Pierce 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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Morton Corner3.2 miles11
El Paso3.8 miles11
Martell3.8 miles11
East Ellsworth4.0 miles15
Evergreen Estates4.7 miles15
Ellsworth4.8 miles15
Beldenville4.9 miles12
Viking6.6 miles11

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 LawtonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6505039The 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 1577692. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.