Armstrong Creek, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Armstrong Creek town. It lies in ZIP code area 54103. The Survey maps it on the Armstrong Creek quadrangle.
On record in Armstrong Creek
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 2 records
Armstrong Creek Bridgelisted 2011- John and Anna Wywialowski Farmsteadlisted 2016
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1939 USGS Goodman quadrangle1:48000
- 1946 USGS Goodman quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Armstrong Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
77 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Armstrong Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 132 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 4 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 | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | CAMP 6 |
| 4 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | 8.5 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | CHURCH FIRE |
| 9 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Armstrong Creek: 12 occurrences, 4 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong Creek Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Camp B Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Crossroads Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Dogleg Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Fiddle Top Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Finger Ridge Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Foxhead Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Goodman Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Goose Point Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Kus Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Armstrong Creek in 3 storm reports between 2003 and 2011: 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Armstrong Creek | $50,000 | A second tornado formed in Forest County about four miles west of Armstrong Creek at 8:03 pm CDT (1903 CST). The tornado snapped and uprooted trees and damaged two houses. One of the houses sustained significant roof damage (DI 2, DOD 4) as the tornado moved across the area. The average width was 125 yards. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Armstrong Creek | - | Quarter size hail fell in Armstrong Creek. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Armstrong Creek | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cavour | 9.7 miles | 10 | |
| Blackwell | 13.3 miles | 9 | |
| Laona | 13.7 miles | 9 | |
| Blackwell Junction | 14.1 miles | 9 | |
| Newald | 14.8 miles | 10 | |
| Popple River | 15.6 miles | 10 | |
| Padus | 16.2 miles | 11 | |
| Soperton | 18.2 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1578671. 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.





