Rolling Ground, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Clayton town. It lies in ZIP code area 54655. The Survey maps it on the Mount Zion quadrangle. It stands 1,204 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 10 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.
- 1933 USGS Boaz quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Boaz quadrangle1:62500
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Mt. Zion quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Richland Center quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
58 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Rolling Ground between 1992 and 2020, burning about 158 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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 | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | 4.4 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | FRANK ROAD FIRE |
| 19 June 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 June 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | LEMLEY ROAD |
| 8 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 Rolling Ground: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Kraemer and Sons, Inc. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Moran Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rolling Ground in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2021: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rolling Ground | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down a shed with sheet metal moved about a quarter of a mile. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rolling Ground | $1,000 | A tree was blown down onto a vehicle, breaking the wind shield. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rolling Ground | $500 | Three foot long tree branches were blown down in Rolling Ground. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Rolling Ground | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Rolling Ground | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Rolling Ground | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Rolling Ground | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomeryville | 1.9 miles | 10 | |
| North Clayton | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Yankeetown | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Soldiers Grove | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Mount Zion | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Bell Center | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Gays Mills | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Petersburg | 6.5 miles | 10 |
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 Rolling Ground | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7361176 | 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 1572549. 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.







