Lone Rock, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lone Rock Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53556. The Survey maps it on the Lone Rock quadrangle. 829 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 709 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLone Rock fell from 888 to 829 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 888 | |
| 2020 | 829 | -59 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1905 USGS Richland Center quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Spring Green quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Lone Rock quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Richland Center quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
139 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Lone Rock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,737 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 12 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 | 45 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 36 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HAY/133 FIRE |
| 13 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MERCER ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Lone Rock: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haney Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Larson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Tubbs Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lone Rock in 8 storm reports between 1995 and 2016: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Lone Rock | $291,000 | Heavy rain produced flash flooding across the southwest half of Richland County. Numerous streams were forced out of their banks with water reported over County Highway JJ between Gotham and Lone Rock, State Highway 56 near Gillingham and the intersection of County Highways O and OO near Richland Center. Mud slides closed County Highway O northwest of Gotham. State Highway 60 between Gotham and the Crawford County line southwest of Westport was closed by a mudslide with other damage reducing the road to one lane at times. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Rock | $80,000 | Numerous trees and powerlines were blown down in Lone Rock. Seven homes sustained roof damage from the high winds. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Rock | $15,000 | Numerous trees were blown down in Lone Rock damaging some cars and homes. |
| July 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Lone Rock | $10,000 | A small, short-lived tornado produced roof damage and blew down two large trees onto a house in Lone Rock. Other trees were snapped off about 20 feet above the ground. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Rock | $250 | Trees were blown down near the intersection of U.S. Highway 14 and State Highway 130. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Lone Rock | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Rock | - | no account filed |
| September 1995 | Hail | Lone Rock | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gotham | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Sextonville | 8.2 miles | 12 | |
| Bear Valley | 8.6 miles | 11 | |
| Twin Bluffs | 8.7 miles | 12 | |
| Aubrey | 10.4 miles | 12 | |
| Keyesville | 10.8 miles | 11 | |
| Ithaca | 11.7 miles | 12 | |
| Orion | 12.3 miles | 10 |
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 Q2000945 | 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 1568511. 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.
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.







