Lemonweir, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lemonweir town. It lies in ZIP code area 53948. It stands on Sevenmile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mauston quadrangle. It stands 863 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1921 USGS Mauston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Mauston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Mauston quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sparta quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
141 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Lemonweir between 1992 and 2020, burning about 102 acres in total. 2 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 burning | 50 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 47 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BORDER LINE |
| 6 September 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MILE 74 #1 BLUE |
| 3 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MILE 74 #2 YELLOW |
| 3 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MILE 74 #3 ORANGE |
| 3 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MILE 74 #4 RED |
| 1 September 2000 | Other causes | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lemonweir in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Hail | Lemonweir | $25,000 | Up to baseball sized hail fell just east of Mauston. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lemonweir | $500 | Large tree down. |
| July 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Lemonweir | - | This brief tornado crossed Interstate 90 and was captured on video. Some corn and small tree branches were damaged. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Lemonweir | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauston | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Lindina | 7.1 miles | 12 | |
| Lyndon Station | 8.0 miles | 16 | |
| New Lisbon | 10.2 miles | 12 | |
| Indian Heights | 12.0 miles | 16 | |
| Kelly | 13.3 miles | 12 | |
| Elroy | 13.9 miles | 11 | |
| Orange Mill | 14.0 miles | 12 |
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 Lemonweir | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6521434 | 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 1567965. 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.







