Lynxville, Wisconsin
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lynxville Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54626. It lies near Morgan Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Eastman quadrangle. 132 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 636 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLynxville grew from 132 to 132 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 | 132 | |
| 2020 | 132 | 0 (0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1903 USGS Waukon quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1929 USGS Prairie Du Chien quadrangle1:62500
- 1932 USGS Prairie Du Chien quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Prairie Du Chien quadrangle1:62500
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Eastman quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Decorah quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
38 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Lynxville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 202 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
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 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SWATEK RIDGE 2 |
| 16 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SWATEK RIDGE #3 |
| 14 May 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 35 AND HOBBS FIRE |
| 12 May 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | FAWN DRIVE FIRE |
| 6 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | REB LANE |
| 6 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 49 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Lynxville: 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harpers Ferry Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| O Connel Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Shrader Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Turner Stone Quarries | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Webber Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Wexford Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lynxville in 16 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 4 flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Flash Flood | Lynxville | $305,000 | Several roads across the western and central sections of Crawford County were closed due to flash flooding. Radar estimates of 6 to 9 inches of rainfall that caused mudslides and sent water over roads. Four homes in the Town of Gays Mills sustained minor damage and access was cutoff to one of these until the flood waters receded. |
| July 2024 | Flood | Lynxville | $15,000 | Significant rainfall throughout June pushed the Mississippi River at Lynxville into flood stage in June and continued into July. The river stage crested during the morning on July 5th in moderate flood stage at 628.06 ft. |
| July 2009 | Flash Flood | Lynxville | $15,000 | Mudslides were reported along Highway 35. The highway was closed temporarily, until mud and debris could be removed. A few cars were stranded and motorists were rescued, but there were no injuries reported. |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynxville | $10,500 | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynxville | $6,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| May 2002 | Flash Flood | Lynxville | $4,500 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynxville | $3,500 | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynxville | $3,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down between Ferryville and Lynxville. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynxville | $750 | Trees were blown down onto Highway 35. |
| June 2024 | Flood | Lynxville | - | Significant rainfall throughout June pushed the Mississippi River at Lynxville into flood stage on June 27th. By the end of June, the river stage remained in minor flood stage and was still increasing. |
| April 2023 | Flood | Lynxville | - | Significant upstream runoff from the combination of rainfall and melting snow pushed the Mississippi River at Lynxville into flood stage on April 19th. The crest of 630.26 ft above sea level on April 26 was 5.26 ft over flood stage. |
| May 2023 | Flood | Lynxville | - | Significant upstream runoff from the combination of heavy rainfall and rapidly melting snow resulted in the fourth highest crest on record at the Lynxville Dam towards the end of April. Subsequent dry conditions allowed the Mississippi River to slowly recede and drop below minor flood stage at the Lynxville Dam on May 8th. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Lynxville | - | Up to quarter sized hail was reported at Lock and Dam 7 in Lynxville. |
| July 2012 | Flash Flood | Lynxville | - | Locally heavy rain from thunderstorms produced a rock slide that covered State Highway 35 north of Lynxville. |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Lynxville | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynxville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seneca | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Eastman | 5.9 miles | 19 | |
| Charme | 6.9 miles | 19 | |
| Ferryville | 7.6 miles | 18 | |
| Mount Sterling | 8.3 miles | 10 | |
| Reed | 9.0 miles | 18 | |
| Fairview | 10.3 miles | 10 | |
| Steuben | 11.4 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 Lynxville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1888303 | 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 1568849. 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.









