BlockLombard, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Withee town. It lies in ZIP code area 54771. The Survey maps it on the Lombard quadrangle. It stands 1,230 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.
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Owen quadrangle1:48000
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Owen quadrangle1:62500
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Lombard quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Marshfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
738 words on this townshipHistory of Clark County Wisconsin, published 1918 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Withee Town covers the township.
Read the chapter on Withee Town - 738 words.
Fires near this place
8 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Lombard between 1999 and 2020, burning about 17 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018028 |
| 6 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018016 |
| 25 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018021 |
| 17 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 November 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 November 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2020051 |
| 14 October 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lombard: 1 past producer. None of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plautz Brothers, Inc. | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thorp | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Reseburg | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Clark | 6.4 miles | 7 | |
| Eidsvold | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| Eadsville (historical) | 7.3 miles | 6 | |
| Withee | 7.5 miles | 11 | |
| Longwood | 9.0 miles | 11 | |
| Worden (historical) | 9.1 miles | 11 |
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 Lombard | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6669344 | 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 1581559. 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.