Mount Horeb, Wisconsin
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Mount Horeb Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53572. The Survey maps it on the Cross Plains quadrangle. 7,754 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,243 feet above sea level.
On record in Mount Horeb
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 7 records
Henry L. and Sarah Dahle Houselisted 2003
Herman B. and Anne Marie Dahle Houselisted 2003
Hoff Department Storelisted 1989
Aslak Lie Cabinlisted 1986
Main Street Historic Districtlisted 2019
Mount Horeb Public Schoollisted 2010- Gonstead Clinic of Chiropracticlisted 2023
Population over time
2 figuresMount Horeb grew from 7,009 to 7,754 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 | 7,009 | |
| 2020 | 7,754 | +745 (+11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1907 USGS Cross Plains quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Cross Plains quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Cross Plains quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Cross Plains quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
38 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Mount Horeb between 1992 and 2020, burning about 60 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 15 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 | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18-2833 |
| 22 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19321 |
| 22 July 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 June 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19250 |
| 8 May 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 May 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | ANDREWS LANE |
| 7 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18-1226 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Mount Horeb: 4 unknowns, 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Lead, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brighams Mine | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | Galena | |
| General Silica Division Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Henderson Lime Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Jensen Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Mickelson Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Reilly Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ringgenberg Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Swenson Quarry | Stone | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Norway | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Klevenville | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Blue Mounds | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Elvers | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Pine Bluff | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Mount Vernon | 6.1 miles | 14 | |
| Riley | 6.2 miles | 17 | |
| Daleyville | 7.6 miles | 12 |
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 Mount Horeb | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2226176 | 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 1569817. 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.






