Leipsig, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Beaver Dam town. It lies in ZIP code area 53916. It stands on Calamus Creek. The Survey maps it on the Beaver Dam quadrangle. It stands 830 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1955 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Beaver Dam NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Oconomowoc quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Oconomowoc quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
15 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Leipsig between 1992 and 2020, burning about 279 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 138 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1908195 |
| 29 June 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2006173 |
| 30 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2005142 |
| 15 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 74 |
| 9 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 114 |
| 8 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 110 |
| 25 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 127 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Leipsig: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Budde-Miller Quarries | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| C C Linck Garage Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Helen H Westphal Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Beaver Dam | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| North Lowell | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Beaver Dam | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Lowell | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Beaver Edge | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Astico | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Oak Grove | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Reeseville | 6.7 miles | 10 |
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 Leipsig | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6520137 | 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 1577695. 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.






