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Arkansaw, Wisconsin

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Waterville town. It lies in ZIP code area 54721. It stands on Little Arkansaw Creek. The Survey maps it on the Arkansaw quadrangle.

Arkansaw within Pepin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 13 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.

Fires near this place

4 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Arkansaw between 2018 and 2020, burning under an acre 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning1

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
29 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19
21 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20
20 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources26
12 November 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources56

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pepin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Arkansaw: 14 occurrences, 14 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Patnode QuarryStoneUnknown
Arkansaw Sand Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Arkansaw Sand Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Brooks PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Chippewa River Bar Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Cranes Bend Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Durand Quarry and PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Eau Galle River Sand Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Wieser Durand Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Yellow Bank Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pepin County

Storms near this place

13 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arkansaw in 13 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 heavy rain, 2 flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2009Flash FloodArkansaw$1,000,000A team of NWS employees and local law enforcement officials surveyed an area northwest of Arkansaw, Wisconsin that had flood damage. The storm survey determined that from County Road XX, southeast along County Road Z, several mud slides were confirmed along with a washed out roadway along Arkansas Creek. There were also reports of basement flooding in the town of Arkansaw, Wisconsin. Also, a local observer in Pepin County reported several minor mud slides near Durand. Local law enforcement officials in Pepin County also reported several roads washed out in Frankfort Township, south of Arkansaw, Wisconsin.||Highway crews repaired the highway along Arkansas Creek which rose more than 15 feet and spread about 100' wide during the height of the storm.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindArkansaw$500,000Significant straight line wind damage occurred west and northwest of Durand, in the Towns of Waterville and Waubeek. Trees were downed from several miles west of Arkansaw to north-northwest of Durand, near Highway 25. Some of the worst damage was near County Road D and Highway 25. Damage occurred to a roof which came off of a storage shed, as well as damage to Eau Galle Cheese Factory, plus a few campers in Dick's RV lot.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindArkansaw$200,000Barn blown down trapping 57 cows. Garage shifted off foundation. Windows blown out of farmhouse.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindArkansaw$75,000There were numerous trees and power lines blown down between Arkansaw and west of Durand. Some of the debris landed on houses and vehicles, plus some of the trees were blocking Highways 10 and 25. The worst damage was west of the Chippewa River. Power outages were also reported in Pepin and Stockholm areas.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindArkansaw-Report of a downed tree west of Durand.
August 2025Heavy RainArkansaw-Cocorahs station WI-PP-8 Durand 2W- 72 hour total of 6.68 inches.
March 2019FloodArkansaw-As snow began to melt, areal flooding started, especially along the smaller creeks and streams that lead into the Chippewa River. There was a minor ice jam on the Chippewa River near Durand that was reported the afternoon of March 20 which caused the river level to rapidly rise in the downtown area. The water level spiked from action level to minor flood levels. No damages to downtown businesses/structures were reported. ||The Village of Pepin had pumped water off private property and roadways; the highway department reports assorted roadways damages throughout county including local, county, and state roadways due to culvert washouts and water over roads from melting snow.
September 2010FloodArkansaw-Approximately 20 businesses on the riverside of Main St. in Durand, Wisconsin, all had water in their basement. The city of Durand lost one of its wells due to the flood waters. Two county roads were also closed because of the Chippewa River flooding.
August 2009Heavy RainArkansaw-A local resident near Arkansaw, Wisconsin measured 7.34 inches of rainfall overnight.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindArkansaw-Power lines down. Estimated windspeed.
June 2021HailArkansaw-no account filed
June 1997HailArkansaw-no account filed
September 1996HailArkansaw-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pepin 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
Durand3.5 miles12
Laneville4.0 miles13
Porcupine4.9 miles13
Ella6.8 miles13
Lima8.4 miles12
Devils Corner10.1 miles13
Tarrant10.3 miles12
Hawkins Corner10.7 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1560934. 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.