BlockNewry, Wisconsin
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Christiana town. It lies in ZIP code area 54667. The Survey maps it on the Westby quadrangle. It stands 1,339 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1923 USGS Viroqua quadrangle1:62500
- 1926 USGS Viroqua quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Viroqua quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Westby quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Sparta quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
2,148 words on this townshipHistory of Vernon County, Wisconsin .., published 1884 names this settlement in its chapter on Christiana Town. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Timothy Madden resides on section 15. He is the present chairman of the town board. He came to the town in 1855, was born in the city of New York, in 1818, of Irish parentage. Mr. Madden came to Wisconsin in 1852 ; spent some time in the pinery regions and came to this town in 1858.
Passage source: History of Vernon County, Wisconsin .., published 1884.
In 1884 the town was accommodated by three postoffices, Westby and Newry, on section 14, and Lovass on section 8. The first postoffice in the town was established in 1857, and was called Coon Prairie. The first postmaster was George Smith, who had the office on section 5, town 13, range 4. It was then removed to the house of John Benson, on the same section, and subsequently removed to the house of Mr. Whittaker. It was then moved to across the town line into Christiana and kept at the house of Robert Lange. Later it vibrated across the line from one town to another, until the establishment of the postoffice at Westby, in 1879, when the Coon Prairie office was discontinued. The first postmaster at Westby was Andrew Johnson, who was shortly succeeded by Nicholas Nelson, who still held the office in 1884.
Passage source: History of Vernon County, Wisconsin .., published 1884.
Newry postoffice was established in 1868. This office was first kept by Peter Bredle, at his house on section 11. The second postmaster was Frank Delle, who kept the office at his store on section 14. In 1884 tlie office was kept by Christopher Christopherson, who received his appointment in the spring of 1872.
Passage source: History of Vernon County, Wisconsin .., published 1884.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Fires near this place
3 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Newry between 2018 and 2020, burning about 4 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 411 |
| 20 April 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 468 |
| 27 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 529 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Newry: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clockmaker Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newry in 6 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newry | 2 hurt, $35,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newry | $120,000 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Hail | Newry | - | The public reported baseball sized hail near Newry. |
| June 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Newry | - | This brief tornado damaged trees along the West Fork of the Kickapoo River in Jersey Valley County Park. |
| September 2018 | Heavy Rain | Newry | - | Along the Vernon/Monroe County line north of Westby, 4.75 inches of rain fell. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Newry | - | Half dollar sized hail fell in Newry. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westby | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Bloomingdale | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Avalanche | 7.8 miles | 14 | |
| Esofea | 9.5 miles | 14 | |
| Coon Valley | 10.4 miles | 11 | |
| Springville | 11.0 miles | 14 | |
| Viroqua | 11.3 miles | 14 | |
| Ontario | 12.0 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 Newry | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7019125 | 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 1570261. 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.