Arkdale, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Strongs Prairie town. It lies in ZIP code area 54613. The Survey maps it on the Arkdale quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Arkdale quadrangle1:48000
- 1967 USGS Arkdale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Wisconsin Rapids quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
240 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 240 fires within 5 miles of Arkdale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 238 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 25 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 burning | 59 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 49 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Other causes | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 September 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
18 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arkdale in 18 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 10 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arkdale | $10,000 | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arkdale | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arkdale | $5,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arkdale | $2,000 | Trees were blown down in and near Arkdale. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arkdale | $2,000 | Trees were blown down in Arkdale. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arkdale | $1,500 | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arkdale | $750 | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arkdale | $250 | Large branches down. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Arkdale | - | A trained spotter reported golf ball sized hail 1 mile northwest of Arkdale. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Arkdale | - | The public reported half dollar sized hail in Arkdale. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Arkdale | - | The public reported penny sized hail in Arkdale. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Arkdale | - | Half dollar sized hail was reported in Arkdale. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Arkdale | - | Half dollar sized hail fell near Arkdale. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Arkdale | - | Golfball sized hail was reported north of Friendship. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Arkdale | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Arkdale | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Arkdale | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Arkdale | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roche a Cri (historical) | 3.4 miles | 7 | |
| Dellwood | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Cottonville | 4.8 miles | 7 | |
| Strongs Prairie | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Friendship | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Adams | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Monroe Center | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Big Flats | 7.2 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1560936. 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.
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.



