BlockNewton, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Harmony town. It lies in ZIP code area 54665. It lies near North Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Newton quadrangle. It stands 725 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1926 USGS Stoddard 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 Stoddard quadrangle1:62500
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Newton quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
3,779 words on this townshipHistory of Vernon County, Wisconsin, Together with Sketches of Its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens; History of Wisconsin.., published 1884 names this settlement in its chapter on Harmony Town. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Andrew Newton, who located in the village of Newton in 1863, was born in Lebanon, Penn., in 1838. He there received a fair education, and in 1858 removed to Chicago, where he worked at the blacksmith trade for five years. He then came to Jefferson town, and from the date of his arrival until 1872, was engaged in farming. In 1872 he removed to Harmony town, and since then has been doing a large and prosperous business, working at his trade. He is the owner of a large shop, a fine residence and several vacant lots in the village. In 1865 he married Elizabeth Huoett, of this town 't'hey are the parents of four children - Alice B., Eugene, Oscar and Mattie.
Passage source: History of Vernon County, Wisconsin, Together with Sketches of Its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens; History of Wisconsin.., published 1884.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Harmony Town - it names this place 3 more 3 times.
Fires near this place
4 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Newton between 2018 and 2020, burning about 7 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 162020 |
| 30 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18057 |
| 28 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 332018 |
| 28 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 262019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Newton: 2 past producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lepke Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Zogg Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bud | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Chaseburg | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Romance | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Purdy | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Esofea | 6.0 miles | 14 | |
| Springville | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| Coon Valley | 8.2 miles | 11 | |
| Genoa | 8.6 miles | 11 |
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 Newton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7020070 | 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 1570263. 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.