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Athelstane, Wisconsin

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Athelstane town. It lies in ZIP code area 54104. It stands on Heubler Creek. The Survey maps it on the Athelstane quadrangle.

Athelstane within Marinette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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

121 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Athelstane between 1992 and 2020, burning about 301 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 26 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 burning28
Arson/incendiarism26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use17
Recreation and ceremony11
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Natural5
Other causes4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Fireworks2
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
8 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesBUTTERFLY LAKE FIRE
9 August 2001Other causes73 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 August 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 August 1993Natural4.5 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 August 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesRACCOON 2 FIRE
13 August 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 July 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 July 2002Fireworks7.8 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marinette County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Athelstane: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lake Helen Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Morgan Lake Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Morgan Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Marinette County

Storms near this place

19 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Athelstane in 19 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 8 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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
June 2022Tornado (EF2)Athelstane$4,000,000A tornado formed at 6:31 pm CDT near Silver Cliff in western Marinette County and tracked northeast before dissipating at 6:35 pm. Total path length is estimated to be 1.9007 miles long, with a width of 375 yards. Peak wind estimated to be around 112 mph.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindAthelstane$500,000no account filed
June 2022Tornado (EF1)Athelstane-A tornado formed at 6:45 pm CDT near Amberg in northern Marinette County and tracked east-northeast before dissipating at 6:54 pm. Total path length is estimated to be 8.5 miles long, with a width of 120 yards. Peak wind estimated to be around 95 mph.
April 2017HailAthelstane-Nickel size hail fell near the Caldron Falls Dam.
May 2015HailAthelstane-Thunderstorms dropped penny size hail at Caldron Falls Reservoir.
September 2014HailAthelstane-Penny size hail fell at the Caldron Falls Reservoir.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindAthelstane-A thunderstorm wind gust in excess of 60 mph knocked down numerous trees near Athelstane.
June 2012Heavy RainAthelstane-Thunderstorms produced 1.25 inches of rain in about 30 minutes at Caldron Falls Reservoir.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindAthelstane-Scattered trees and power lines were blown down across northern Marinette county.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindAthelstane-Strong thunderstorm winds downed trees in the Athelstane and Amberg areas.
June 2007HailAthelstane-no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindAthelstane-no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindAthelstane-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindAthelstane-no account filed
September 1996HailAthelstane-no account filed
September 1996HailAthelstane-no account filed
July 1995HailAthelstane-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindAthelstane-no account filed
July 1994HailAthelstane-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marinette 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
Cedarville6.3 miles9
Amberg7.7 miles11
Wausaukee8.4 miles9
Sweetheart City10.1 miles9
Middle Inlet10.6 miles9
Beecher Lake11.3 miles11
Beecher12.5 miles11
Crivitz14.0 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1560992. 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.