Lone Rock, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Orange town. It lies in ZIP code area 53950. The Survey maps it on the New Lisbon North quadrangle. It stands 906 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 New Lisbon North quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sparta quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
95 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Lone Rock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 416 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 August 2001 | Other causes | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | VOLK FIRE |
| 26 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 August 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | ASPEN FIRE |
| 12 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange Mill | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Camp Douglas | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| New Lisbon | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Hustler | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Cutler | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Cloverdale | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Kelly | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Necedah | 9.3 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 Lone Rock | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6671362 | 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 1577707. 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.







