Lugerville, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Flambeau town. It lies in ZIP code area 54555. It stands on Mount Pelee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lugerville quadrangle. It stands 1,444 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1941 USGS Kennedy quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Kennedy quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Lugerville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Park Falls quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
36 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Lugerville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 59 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | DEBOTH FIRE |
| 9 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.4 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | VAIL FIRE |
| 29 June 2010 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SEVERT FIRE |
| 2 June 2013 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SHORT CUT |
| 2 June 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.5 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 Lugerville: 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark County Operations | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Clark County Operations | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Old 13 Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
10 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lugerville in 10 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 7 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Lugerville | $4,000 | A weak tornado developed and tracked roughly along Price Lakes Road for slightly over 3 miles, before dissipating near Le Tourneau Lake. The damage consisted of primarily trees and large tree limbs blown down or snapped in a convergent pattern along the road. Some large pine trees were snapped. Structural damage was very minor, with one house experiencing some roof damage and a blown in window. [DI 28 (TS), DOD 4, LB-EXP, Est Gust 90-95mph]. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Lugerville | - | Hailstones up to the size of dimes covered the deck. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Lugerville | - | The hailstones ranged from the size of peas to dimes. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Lugerville | - | There were a variety of hail sizes with golf ball size being the largest. |
| September 2014 | Hail | Lugerville | - | There was dime to nickel size hail. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lugerville | - | Numerous large trees and tree limbs were blown down and snapped off. This damage was associated with a corridor of non-tornadic wind damage that extended from near County Highway W in far eastern Sawyer County into extreme western Price County along Price Lakes Road. A weak tornado then developed immediately northeast of this downburst wind damage along Price Lakes Road. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lugerville | - | Numerous large trees and tree limbs were blown down. This was associated with non-tornadic thunderstorm winds, and extended from near Long Lake northeast to Highway 70 in Price County. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Lugerville | - | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Lugerville | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Lugerville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coolidge (historical) | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Phillips | 7.8 miles | 10 | |
| Fifield | 8.5 miles | 11 | |
| Kaiser (historical) | 9.6 miles | 9 | |
| Lymantown | 11.3 miles | 11 | |
| Park Falls | 11.5 miles | 11 | |
| Kennedy | 12.3 miles | 12 | |
| Cranberry Lake | 12.6 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 Lugerville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6699769 | 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 1568799. 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.





