Lymantown, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Park Falls City. It lies in ZIP code area 54552. The Survey maps it on the Park Falls quadrangle.
On record in Lymantown
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Park Falls Post Officelisted 2000 · 0.2 miles away
Flambeau Paper Company Office Buildinglisted 1985 · 0.3 miles away
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.
- 1941 USGS Park Falls quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Park Falls quadrangle1:48000
- 1947 USGS Park Falls quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Park Falls quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Park Falls quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Park Falls quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
109 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Lymantown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 82 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 9 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 | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Other causes | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 September 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.9 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 July 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Lymantown: 13 past producers, 1 occurrence. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burtle Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Butternut Lake Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Butternut Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Fifield Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Krucky Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lakeshore Drive Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Maple Ridge Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Old 182 Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Park Falls Gravel Pit # 3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Park Falls Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lymantown in 8 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lymantown | - | Several trees in a wind row were snapped, but not all the trees were healthy. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lymantown | - | A tree was down along with a power line across the road. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lymantown | - | Multiple trees were down and a barn window was blown in. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lymantown | - | Reports of both trees and powerlines down near Park Falls. |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lymantown | - | A tree that was blown over also took down a power cable near Agenda and North River Roads. |
| July 2019 | Hail | Lymantown | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Lymantown | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Lymantown | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park Falls | 0.6 miles | 11 | |
| Fifield | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Kaiser (historical) | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Coolidge (historical) | 8.8 miles | 11 | |
| Kennedy | 11.0 miles | 12 | |
| Lugerville | 11.3 miles | 10 | |
| Phillips | 16.6 miles | 10 | |
| Cranberry Lake | 21.0 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.
| Wikidata item Q122598319 | 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 1568838. 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.







