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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.

Lynxville within Crawford County

Population over time

2 figures

Lynxville 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.

YearPeople Change
2010132
20201320 (0%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

38 since 1992

Regional 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 burning16
Equipment and vehicle use13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Arson/incendiarism3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
17 July 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesSWATEK RIDGE 2
16 July 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesSWATEK RIDGE #3
14 May 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources35 AND HOBBS FIRE
12 May 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 April 2018Debris and open burning1.2 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesFAWN DRIVE FIRE
6 April 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesREB LANE
6 April 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined49 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crawford County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Harpers Ferry PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
O Connel QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Shrader QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Turner Stone QuarriesStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Webber QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Wexford QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Crawford County

Storms near this place

16 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2021Flash FloodLynxville$305,000Several 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 2024FloodLynxville$15,000Significant 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 2009Flash FloodLynxville$15,000Mudslides 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 1996Thunderstorm WindLynxville$10,500no account filed
September 2007Thunderstorm WindLynxville$6,000Trees were blown down.
May 2002Flash FloodLynxville$4,500no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindLynxville$3,500no account filed
May 2018Thunderstorm WindLynxville$3,000Several trees and power lines were blown down between Ferryville and Lynxville.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindLynxville$750Trees were blown down onto Highway 35.
June 2024FloodLynxville-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 2023FloodLynxville-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 2023FloodLynxville-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 2018HailLynxville-Up to quarter sized hail was reported at Lock and Dam 7 in Lynxville.
July 2012Flash FloodLynxville-Locally heavy rain from thunderstorms produced a rock slide that covered State Highway 35 north of Lynxville.
June 1997Flash FloodLynxville-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindLynxville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Crawford County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Seneca5.3 miles10
Eastman5.9 miles19
Charme6.9 miles19
Ferryville7.6 miles18
Mount Sterling8.3 miles10
Reed9.0 miles18
Fairview10.3 miles10
Steuben11.4 miles10

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 LynxvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1888303The 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.