BlockLehigh, Wisconsin
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Sumner town. It lies in ZIP code area 54868. The Survey maps it on the Strickland quadrangle. It stands 1,230 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1951 USGS Chetek quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Strickland quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Bloomer quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
66 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Lehigh between 1992 and 2020, burning about 164 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 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 | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | GUNDY FIRE |
| 6 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | LIGHTNING STRUCK WHITE PINE |
| 31 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.1 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HAY BALE FIRE |
| 18 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | W FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Lehigh: 22 occurrences, 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Materials Corp. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Big Bend Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Blank Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Bowker Lake Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| C. D. & Ann Mcclure Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Clear Meadows Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| E. & C. Boortz Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| High Water Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hillside Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Howard Bernau Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
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.
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 Lehigh | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6518792 | 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 1577694. 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.