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Antigo, Wisconsin

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Antigo City. It lies in ZIP code area 54409. The Survey maps it on the Antigo quadrangle. 8,100 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,640 feet above sea level.

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Antigo within Langlade County

On record in Antigo

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 5 records

Population over time

2 figures

Antigo fell from 8,234 to 8,100 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20108,234
20208,100-134 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched 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.

In the county-history sources

1,381 words on this township

History of Langlade County, Wisconsin, from U. S. Government Survey to Present Time, with Biographical Sketches, published 1922 names this settlement in its chapter on Antigo City. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

Regarding the founding of the city of Antigo, Mr. Deleglise said: "As early as 1857, I believed that there were openings in this neighborhood for several prosperous settlements. Looking over the map of Wisconsin, I came to the conclusion that the valley of the upper Embarrass river and of the upper Eau Claire river would afford sites for at least two central commercial points, one to be located in the Embarrass country and the other in the Eau Claire river country."

Passage source: History of Langlade County, Wisconsin, from U. S. Government Survey to Present Time, with Biographical Sketches, published 1922.

After considerable deliberation, while at Appleton, in the summer of 1876, Mr. Deleglise mapped out the present plan of the city of Antigo and determined upon its location as the point for the upper Eau Claire river valley. Most of the land was entered in the name of his wife, Mary Deleglise, in the fall of 1877, with $300 received from her parents. Entry was made upon a contract with the state. "We paid about $16 per forty acres down," said Mr. Deleglise.

Passage source: History of Langlade County, Wisconsin, from U. S. Government Survey to Present Time, with Biographical Sketches, published 1922.

Pioneers of Shawano had succeeded in inducing the legislature in 1879 to attach Antigo and New County to Shawano County for county and judicial purposes. This actually bound Antigo, hand and foot, to Shawano. Twenty miles of woods separated Antigo from the Wolf River country, where the town board of Langlade township met. The town board was also antagonistic to citizens of Antigo. This was unbearable and the settlers of Antigo thereupon devised a plan to overthrow the town board and elect officers with sympathy for Antigo and who would afford the city the opportunity to grow that it was entitled to by law.

Passage source: History of Langlade County, Wisconsin, from U. S. Government Survey to Present Time, with Biographical Sketches, published 1922.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Antigo City - it names this place 13 more 13 times.

Fires near this place

89 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Antigo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 40 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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 burning25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Equipment and vehicle use19
Arson/incendiarism13
Recreation and ceremony8
Other causes2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
23 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 August 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesTROUT ROAD FIRE
3 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 August 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesCOUNTY Y
12 August 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesMETEOR SHOWER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Langlade County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Antigo: 11 past producers, 6 occurrences, 4 producers, 2 unknowns. 4 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Angle Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Antigo Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bear Lake Road Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Clover Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Eau Claire River Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Fisher Pit Benes PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Freiburger PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hess PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Highland Road Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Highland Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Langlade County

Storms near this place

59 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Antigo in 59 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 42 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 4 lightning, 2 flood. The reports record 1 death. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2006LightningAntigo1 killedno account filed
July 2019Thunderstorm WindAntigo$50,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Antigo and across Langlade County.
September 1997LightningAntigo$25,000no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindAntigo$10,000no account filed
August 2013Thunderstorm WindAntigo$5,000The public reported a couple trees and three to four-inch diameter tree limbs down on the south side of Antigo. One tree damaged a truck.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindAntigo$5,000Widely scattered severe thunderstorms produced a funnel cloud and damaging winds over central Wisconsin. A small tornado moved a garage off its foundation and wrecked a house roof and shed three miles northwest of Elderon (Marathon County). A second small tornado destroyed a garage and toppled trees three miles southeast of Aniwa (Shawano County). Thunderstorm wind damage was confined to trees and power lines.
August 1996Thunderstorm WindAntigo$5,000no account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindAntigo$5,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindAntigo$3,000no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindAntigo$3,000no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindAntigo$1,000no account filed
April 2025HailAntigo-Penny size hail fell in Antigo.
June 2023HailAntigo-Nickel size hail fell in Antigo.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindAntigo-Thunderstorm winds downed several trees in Rolling township. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindAntigo-Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Antigo. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindAntigo-A thunderstorm wind gust of 70 mph was measured west of Antigo by a trained spotter.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindAntigo-Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power lines in Antigo. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindAntigo-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Antigo. The time of this report is an estimate base on radar data.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindAntigo-Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Antigo. The time of this report was estimated based on radar data.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindAntigo-Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Antigo.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindAntigo-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Antigo.
June 2016HailAntigo-A thunderstorm dropped penny size hail as it passed through Antigo.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindAntigo-Thunderstorm winds downed trees near Antigo High School.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindAntigo-Thunderstorm winds knocked several trees onto power lines in Antigo.
September 2014HailAntigo-Thunderstorms dropped penny size hail in the Antigo area.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindAntigo-Thunderstorm winds downed power lines in Antigo.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindAntigo-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines along US Highway 45 in Antigo.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindAntigo-Thunderstorm winds downed numerous large trees north of Antigo long U.S. Highway 45.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindAntigo-Thunderstorm winds downed 8 to 12 inch diameter trees.
April 2009HailAntigo-Nickel size hail fell in Antigo.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindAntigo-Trees were blown down and a roof was torn from a shed.
June 2007HailAntigo-Half inch to golf ball size hail.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindAntigo-Trees down in the city.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindAntigo-Many trees down across the city. Power lines also down.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindAntigo-Trees down in Rolling Township.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindAntigo-Straight-line thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and branches and damaged a heavy duty irrigation system north of Antigo. Some business signs were also blown down in Antigo near the intersection of Highway 45 and Highway 64.
June 2007HailAntigo-no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindAntigo-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindAntigo-no account filed
August 2005Thunderstorm WindAntigo-no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindAntigo-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindAntigo-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindAntigo-no account filed
April 2001HailAntigo-no account filed
July 2000Flash FloodAntigo-no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindAntigo-no account filed
August 1999HailAntigo-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindAntigo-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindAntigo-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindAntigo-no account filed
July 1999FloodAntigo-no account filed
July 1999FloodAntigo-no account filed
June 1998LightningAntigo-no account filed
July 1996LightningAntigo-no account filed
October 1996HailAntigo-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindAntigo-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindAntigo-no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindAntigo-no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindAntigo-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Langlade County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Neva Corners5.5 miles9
Elmhurst5.9 miles8
Deerbrook6.4 miles9
Neva7.2 miles8
Bryant8.3 miles8
Polar8.8 miles8
Phlox9.6 miles9
Ormsby9.6 miles11

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 AntigoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q575361The 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 1560893. 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.