Clam Lake, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 2005. It stands in Gordon town. It lies in ZIP code area 54517. The Survey maps it on the Clam Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1942 USGS Clam Lake quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Clam Lake quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Clam Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Ironwood quadrangle1:100000
- 2005 USGS Clam Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
14 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Clam Lake between 1994 and 2015, burning about 13 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | CLAMBAKE |
| 14 August 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | NIGHT EAGLE |
| 24 June 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | ADRIAN'S BROTHER |
| 22 June 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | LAST 262 |
| 22 June 2003 | Fireworks | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | OFF ROAD |
| 8 May 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | CLAM LAKE LODGE |
| 6 May 1994 | Smoking | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | not named |
| 5 May 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | LOWER CLAM |
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Clam Lake: 4 occurrences, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dingdong Creek Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| East Fork Torch River Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Eger Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Kickapoo Lodge Inc Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Landgraf Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Little Clam Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Upper Clam Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
9 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clam Lake in 9 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Clam Lake | $1,000 | Flash flooding along Frog Creek washed out the nearby stretch of Highway 77. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clam Lake | - | Multiple trees were down on a road. |
| June 2012 | Flash Flood | Clam Lake | - | A culvert was overwhelmed, resulting in water flowing across Wooddale Road, near Highway 48. |
| June 2012 | Flash Flood | Clam Lake | - | Water covered Sand Road. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clam Lake | - | Several trees were blown down. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Clam Lake | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Clam Lake | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clam Lake | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Clam Lake | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cayuga | 12.9 miles | 10 | |
| Shanagolden | 14.5 miles | 11 | |
| Foster Junction | 14.7 miles | 12 | |
| Morse | 15.1 miles | 10 | |
| Mellen | 17.0 miles | 12 | |
| Tannery Town | 17.0 miles | 12 | |
| North York | 17.1 miles | 11 | |
| Glidden | 17.3 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1579011. 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.






