BlockMenominee County, Wisconsin
21 topographic sheets cover 7 settlements here.
What the record shows
- 55 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
- The Geographic Names Information System records 7 populated places in this county; 7 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.
Wildfire, 1992 to 2020
718 firesEvery wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 718 of them, burning about 429 acres. 16 started naturally and 96 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 164 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 129 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 110 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 96 |
| Fireworks | 55 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 49 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 43 |
| Smoking | 23 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 19 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Other causes | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
The five largest, by the area the report gives. Two of them were set deliberately.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 133 acres | Menominee Tribe | JACKSON CREEK |
| 1 November 1999 | Natural | 13 acres | Menominee Tribe | PINERIDGEC |
| 8 May 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Menominee Tribe | SAND LAKE |
| 26 April 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 11 acres | Menominee Tribe | SIL-CAN-3 |
| 3 July 2010 | Fireworks | 9.2 acres | Menominee Tribe | SAND LAKE |
| 31 October 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.9 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HALLOWEEN 2 |
| 10 May 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.1 acres | Menominee Tribe | RUSCH'S LAKE |
| 27 October 1999 | Smoking | 5.7 acres | Menominee Tribe | MALLARDBAY |
Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.
Storms, 1984 to 2025
60 of 71 shownThe NOAA Storm Events Database holds 71 reports for this county, causing 2 deaths, 8 injuries and about $5,259,000 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.
| Kind of event | Reports |
|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 47 |
| Hail | 11 |
| Tornado | 5 |
| Funnel Cloud | 3 |
| Lightning | 2 |
| Flood | 2 |
| Flash Flood | 1 |
The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2019 | Flood | Keshena | 1 killed | Fast flows and flooding on the Wolf River caused a fatality as someone drowned from the abnormally fast current. The victim went into the river in Keshena that is frequently used for swimming. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keshena | 1 killed | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Keshena. One tree fell onto a car and killed a 39 year old woman. |
| June 1996 | Lightning | Keshena | 8 hurt | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Tornado (EF2) | Zoar Settlement | $2,700,000 | The long-track tornado moved into Menominee Co. from Shawano Co. about 7.8 miles west-northwest of Neopit at 4:32 PM CDT. Three thousand acres of trees were snapped or uprooted, many in prime stands of maples, some 150 to 200 years old. The tornado exited Menominee Co. and moved into Langlade Co. at 4:48 PM CDT. The average path width of the tornado in Menominee Co. was 500 yards wide, and damage was rated EF2 (DI 27, DOD 4) in this segment, with estimated winds of 120 to 130 mph. |
| April 1984 | Tornado (F3) | not stated | $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Lightning | Keshena | $25,000 | Lightning caused a house fire in Keshena. |
| December 2014 | Flood | Keshena | $10,000 | Ice jams, comprised of frazil ice, caused low-land flooding along the Wolf River in Keshena. An excavator was used in an attempt to open up a channel that would allow water to bypass the jam, but those efforts were unsuccessful. About a dozen structures were affected by the high waters, and some homes had flooding in their basements. The intersection of State Highways 47/55 and County Trunk VV East had to be closed for several days after the river began to spill over the road. Work crews placed barriers along the Wolf River and constructed a dam in a small creek leading into the river. They then used industrial electric pumps, capable of pumping about 500 gallons per minute, to remove water from the creek and pump it into the Wolf River. This caused the flood waters to recede. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neopit | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keshena | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused widespread tree and power line damage. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keshena | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keshena | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keshena | $2,000 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keshena | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keshena | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Zoar Settlement | - | The tornado that developed in Shawano County near Matoon at 10:02 pm CDT crossed the Menominee County line at 10:09 pm CDT. The tornado tracked northeast through western Menominee County before lifting at 10:10 pm CDT. The tornado produced damage to some trees along the path. Total path length is estimated to be 6.25 miles long, with a width of 65 yards. Peak wind estimated to be around 80 mph. |
| July 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Keshena | - | A tornado touched down just west of Keshena at 5:15 PM CDT. The tornado tracked east and snapped and uprooted several trees before dissipating east of Keshena at 5:25 PM CDT. Total path length is estimated to be 7.43 miles long, with a width of 90 yards. Peak wind estimated to be around 90 mph. |
| June 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Keshena | - | A tornado developed near Highway 55 northwest of Keshena at 2:25 AM CDT, then tracked east-southeast crossing the Legend Lake area and entering Oconto County at 2:33 AM CDT. The tornado downed multiple power lines, snapped and uprooted trees, and flipped several campers at a campground along the path. Total path length is estimated to be 8.96 miles long, with a width of 83 yards. Peak wind estimated to be around 98 mph. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Neopit | - | Golf ball size hail fell south of Neopit. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keshena | - | Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power lines in Keshena. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neopit | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees on County Highway M northeast of Neopit. The time of this report was estimated based on radar data. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keshena | - | Thunderstorm winds downed multiple trees and power lines across Keshena. Highway 55 had to be closed due to downed trees in the road. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keshena | - | Thunderstorms winds downed trees on Highway 47 around Keshena. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zoar Settlement | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees east of Zoar. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Keshena | - | Penny size hail fell about 10 miles north of Keshena. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keshena | - | Thunderstorms winds downed trees northeast of Keshena. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neopit | - | Thunderstorm winds downed multiple trees along Highway 55 north of County Road M. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keshena | - | Thunderstorm winds downed many tree branches and limbs and also knocked a one foot diameter tree onto a road. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neopit | - | Trees were blown down at the intersection of Highway 47 and Highway M near Neopit. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neopit | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees near County Road M in Neopit. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keshena | - | Thunderstorms downed several trees and large branches and also produced pea-size hail. The damage occurred about 8 miles north of Keshena near Highway 55 and County Road M. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keshena | - | Trees and large branches down along State Highway 47 west of Keshena and in Keshena. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keshena | - | Trees and power lines down in the vicinity of Keshena. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keshena | - | Trees down along Highway 47 to the town of Zoar. Trees also down on the north side of Legend Lake. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neopit | - | Another smaller area of severe thunderstorms developed over Langlade and Menominee Counties during the evening hours. Damaging winds southeast of Antigo (Langlade County) blew a barn 75 yards through the air. This barn landed on the back of a house, took down power lines and broke an L.P. gas line. In addition, windows were blown in on the house and a few boards impaled the walls of the home. In Menominee County, trees were reported down across Highway 47 northwest of the town of Neopit. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Keshena | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Funnel Cloud | Neopit | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Neopit | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Funnel Cloud | Keshena | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Funnel Cloud | Keshena | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keshena | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Keshena | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keshena | - | no account filed |
| October 2006 | Hail | Keshena | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keshena | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neopit | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keshena | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neopit | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neopit | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neopit | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neopit | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keshena | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keshena | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Keshena | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neopit | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Flash Flood | Keshena | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neopit | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neopit | - | no account filed |
Every populated place in the county
7Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.
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Keshena Falls
Menominee town · 54135 · On Chickney Creek · Keshena quadrangle
8 sheets, 1954 to 1984
The vanished settlements of Menominee County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.
Provenance
- Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
- Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
- Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
- 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.