School Hill, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Meeme town. It lies in ZIP code area 53042. The Survey maps it on the School Hill quadrangle. It stands 922 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1954 USGS Howards Grove quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS School Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Sheboygan quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS School Hill quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of School Hill between 2018 and 2020, burning about 2 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 80 |
| 1 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2364 |
| 7 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 5122 |
| 23 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 310 |
| 18 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 9654 |
| 15 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 5111 |
| 22 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 725 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of School Hill: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lutski Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lutzki Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Schwartz Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names School Hill in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2024: 2 hail. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Valley | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Louis Corners | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Meeme | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Osman | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Saint Nazianz | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Millhome | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Rockville | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Steinthal | 6.2 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 School Hill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7432268 | 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 1573801. 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.





