BlockPraag, Wisconsin
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lincoln town. It lies in ZIP code area 54610. It lies near Wolf Valley. The Survey maps it on the Modena quadrangle. It stands 863 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1932 USGS Alma quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Alma quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Modena quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Winona quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 43 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of Praag: 22 past producers, 19 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Bauer Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Buffalo River Sand Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Glen Michael Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Michaels Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bielefeldt Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Boundless Creek Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Brommer Shale Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Bruce Bauer Shale Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Carl Brommer Shale Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Crest Point Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Praag in 1 storm report in 2010: 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2010 | Flash Flood | Praag | $10,000 | A mudslide hit and damaged a house, while some flooding was also reported. |
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.
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 Praag | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7237199 | 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 1571867. 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.
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.