Casimir, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Hull town. It lies in ZIP code area 54481. It stands on Hay Meadow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Stevens Point quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Stevens Point quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Stevens Point quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1984 USGS Wausau quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
149 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 149 fires within 5 miles of Casimir between 1992 and 2020, burning about 254 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 50 |
| Debris and open burning | 35 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 September 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SPARK FIRE |
| 12 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | STRAW BALE FIRE |
| 30 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Casimir in 4 storm reports between 2021 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Casimir | - | Thunderstorm winds downed and uprooted multiple trees near Stevens Point. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Casimir | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees near Stevens Point. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Casimir | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees near Stevens Point. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| August 2021 | Flash Flood | Casimir | - | Thunderstorms dumped 3 to 5 inches of rain over northern Portage County during the evening hours. This caused several roads to be closed and barricaded due to flash flooding across much of the 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Run | 2.5 miles | 7 | |
| Stevens Point | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Mill Creek Community | 4.2 miles | 7 | |
| Park Ridge | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Jordan | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Whiting | 5.9 miles | 7 | |
| Torun | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Stockton | 8.5 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1562773. 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.



