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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.

Clam Lake within Ashland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

14 since 1994

Regional 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 burning4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Natural1
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
31 August 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreChequamegon-Nicolet National ForestCLAMBAKE
14 August 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreChequamegon-Nicolet National ForestNIGHT EAGLE
24 June 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChequamegon-Nicolet National ForestADRIAN'S BROTHER
22 June 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreChequamegon-Nicolet National ForestLAST 262
22 June 2003Fireworksunder an acreChequamegon-Nicolet National ForestOFF ROAD
8 May 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreChequamegon-Nicolet National ForestCLAM LAKE LODGE
6 May 1994Smokingunder an acreChequamegon-Nicolet National Forestnot named
5 May 2010Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreChequamegon-Nicolet National ForestLOWER CLAM

Every fire recorded in Ashland County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dingdong Creek Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
East Fork Torch River Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Eger Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Kickapoo Lodge Inc Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Landgraf Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Little Clam Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Upper Clam Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Ashland County

Storms near this place

9 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2016Flash FloodClam Lake$1,000Flash flooding along Frog Creek washed out the nearby stretch of Highway 77.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindClam Lake-Multiple trees were down on a road.
June 2012Flash FloodClam Lake-A culvert was overwhelmed, resulting in water flowing across Wooddale Road, near Highway 48.
June 2012Flash FloodClam Lake-Water covered Sand Road.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindClam Lake-Several trees were blown down.
June 2010HailClam Lake-no account filed
June 2010HailClam Lake-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindClam Lake-no account filed
May 1998Tornado (F0)Clam Lake-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ashland 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
Cayuga12.9 miles10
Shanagolden14.5 miles11
Foster Junction14.7 miles12
Morse15.1 miles10
Mellen17.0 miles12
Tannery Town17.0 miles12
North York17.1 miles11
Glidden17.3 miles10

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.