BlockLongwood, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Longwood town. It lies in ZIP code area 54460. The Survey maps it on the Owen quadrangle. It stands 1,247 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 Owen quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Marshfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Longwood in 2018, burning under an acre 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018037 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Longwood: 2 past producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frey Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Plautz Bros Inc Withee & Roder Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Longwood in 11 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Longwood | $270,000 | This tornado occurred on the left flank of a broad area of downburst wind damage with the tornado path intermittent in nature as the downburst mixed in at times. Multiple farmsteads were hit with damage mainly to trees and outbuildings. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Longwood | $10,000 | Several trees and some grain bins were blown down in Clark County. Based on radar data, the strongest winds occurred across the northern portions of the county from Thorp east and southeast to Owen and Longwood. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Longwood | $10,000 | Law enforcement officials reported damage to at least six farms northwest of the Greenwood area, including barns and sheds. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Longwood | $5,000 | Amateur Radio reported trees and power lines down near Longwood. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Longwood | $5,000 | Law Enforcement reported trees and power lines down a half mile west of Longwood. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Longwood | $2,000 | Trees were blown down at the intersection of Resewood Ave. and Colby Factory Road. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Longwood | $1,500 | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Longwood | - | A trained spotter reported 60 mph wind gusts near Withee. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Longwood | - | A 70 mph wind gust was measured in Longwood with a private weather station. |
| October 2012 | Hail | Longwood | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Longwood | - | 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.
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 Longwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6674512 | 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 1568611. 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.