Lennox, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Schoepke town. It lies in ZIP code area 54463. The Survey maps it on the Nashville quadrangle. It stands 1,621 feet above sea level.
On record in Lennox
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Mecikalski General Store, Saloon, and Boardinghouselisted 1984 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1940 USGS Monico quadrangle1:48000
- 1950 USGS Monico quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rhinelander quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
72 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Lennox between 1992 and 2020, burning about 23 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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 | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | PILE |
| 7 July 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.7 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | JACK PINE LANE |
| 5 July 2002 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 June 1998 | Other causes | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 June 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Lennox: 4 occurrences, 4 past producers, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mole Lake Prospect | Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold | Unknown | ||
| Wolf River Prospect | Zinc, Copper | Unknown | ||
| Mud Creek Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pelican Lake Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Pelican Lake Gravel Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Pelican Lake Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Pergande Road Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pergande Road Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Twin Waters Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Wolf River Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jennings | 0.3 miles | 9 | |
| Pelican Lake | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Pratt Junction | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Monico | 6.3 miles | 8 | |
| Enterprise | 9.9 miles | 10 | |
| Gagen | 11.0 miles | 9 | |
| Malvern | 13.1 miles | 9 | |
| Starks | 13.1 miles | 9 |
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 Lennox | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6522831 | 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 1577697. 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.





