Shelby, Wisconsin
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Shelby town. It lies in ZIP code area 54601. It lies near Breidel Coulee. The Survey maps it on the La Crosse quadrangle. It stands 702 feet above sea level.
On record in Shelby
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 3 records
Carl August Mundstock Farmlisted 1994
Oehler Mill Complexlisted 2013- District School No. 1listed 1996
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 18 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.
- 1927 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:62500
- 1930 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
13 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Shelby between 2004 and 2020, burning about 32 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2004198 |
| 27 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2004189 |
| 5 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 68 |
| 15 May 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2002320 |
| 8 April 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | 21 acres | LaCrosse District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife Refuge | RUNNING SLOUGH |
| 28 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 8048 |
| 24 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 8747 |
| 20 April 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | LaCrosse District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife Refuge | POOL 8 FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Shelby: 6 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Crosse City Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| La Crosse Sand Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lacrosse Sand and Gravel Co. Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bahr Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Chipmonk Coulee Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Clements Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ober Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Torgerson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Yy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Grove | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Calvert | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Herrington | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| La Crosse | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Barre Mills | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Cold Springs | 6.1 miles | 18 | |
| Grand Crossing | 6.4 miles | 18 | |
| Saint Joseph | 6.4 miles | 16 |
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 Shelby | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7493346 | 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 1574002. 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.











