Ridgetop, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Florence town. It lies in ZIP code area 54121. The Survey maps it on the Florence West quadrangle. It stands 1,312 feet above sea level.
On record in Ridgetop
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Florence Town Halllisted 2014 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1941 USGS Florence quadrangle1:48000
- 1947 USGS Stager quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Florence West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
81 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Ridgetop between 1992 and 2020, burning about 84 acres in total. 2 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 | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BUTTONS AND BOWS |
| 4 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | LIFT STATION |
| 9 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 July 2009 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | FIRE CRACKER |
| 27 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BRULE DAM ROAD |
| 24 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SECOND CROSSING 1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 25 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Ridgetop: 10 past producers, 8 occurrences, 5 producers, 1 prospect. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commonwealth Group | Iron | Past Producer | 1880, 1916 | |
| Commonwealth Group | Iron | Past Producer | 1880 | |
| Ernst Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1849, 1914, 1929 | |
| Ernst Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1912, 1914 | |
| Florence Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1849, 1880, 1931 | |
| Florence Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1880 | |
| Larson Exploration | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Larson Exploration Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | 1849, 1948 | |
| Blooms Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Commonwealth Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
6 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ridgetop in 6 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Ridgetop | $1,000 | Runoff from very heavy rainfall washed out secondary roads and culverts along Highway 70 near Florence. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Ridgetop | - | Penny size hail fell near Commonwealth. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ridgetop | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines west of Florence. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ridgetop | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines west of Florence. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ridgetop | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines southwest of Florence. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Ridgetop | - | A severe thunderstorm produced strong winds and golf ball size hail which whitened the ground west of Florence. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florence | 1.1 miles | 9 | |
| Commonwealth | 1.9 miles | 10 | |
| Tyran | 2.3 miles | 9 | |
| Hematite | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Spread Eagle | 7.7 miles | 10 | |
| Fern | 8.9 miles | 8 | |
| Pulp | 9.6 miles | 11 | |
| Aurora | 13.4 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 Ridgetop | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7332785 | 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 1577790. 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.





