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Lindina, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lindina town. It lies in ZIP code area 53948. It lies near Riley Hollow. The Survey maps it on the New Lisbon South quadrangle. It stands 922 feet above sea level.

Lindina within Juneau County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

15 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Lindina between 1995 and 2020, burning about 10 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
3 May 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 May 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 May 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesHWY K
8 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources26
5 April 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources31
27 April 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in Juneau County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lindina: 1 producer. All of them 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Elroy QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Juneau 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
Mauston4.5 miles12
Elroy6.8 miles11
Lemonweir7.1 miles12
Union Center8.2 miles11
New Lisbon8.3 miles12
Wonewoc8.4 miles11
Hustler10.6 miles13
Orange Mill10.8 miles12

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 LindinaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6552509The 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 1577705. 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.