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Crandon, Wisconsin

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Crandon City. It lies in ZIP code area 54520. It lies near West Hill. The Survey maps it on the Crandon quadrangle. 1,713 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,627 feet above sea level.

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Crandon within Forest County

On record in Crandon

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 1 record

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

76 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Crandon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 49 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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 burning33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Arson/incendiarism7
Fireworks6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking3
Other causes2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1

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
14 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesHWY W ASH
6 July 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesNEVER SEEN IT
29 July 1992Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGreat Lakes Agencynot named
25 July 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesCHEVY FIRE
4 June 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 June 1999Fireworksunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 June 2003Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGreat Lakes AgencyDEVILS LK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Forest County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Crandon: 12 occurrences, 12 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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
C.J. Marshall PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Camel Hump Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Clear Lake Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Crandon Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Crandon Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Drake Creek Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Forest Cnty Pits Townsend PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Half Lake Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Hogan Enterprises Inc. PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lake Lucerne Gravel Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Forest County

Storms near this place

35 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crandon in 35 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 20 thunderstorm wind, 14 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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 1998Thunderstorm WindCrandon$20,000no account filed
August 2007Thunderstorm WindCrandon$10,000Strong winds from thunderstorms tipped over a mobile home and downed many trees across the southwest part of Forest County.
August 1996Thunderstorm WindCrandon$5,000no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindCrandon$2,000no account filed
May 1994HailCrandon$500Severe thunderstorms raked west-central and northern Wisconsin with violent damaging winds up to 61 mph, hail up to tennis ball-size, and two tornadoes. A tornado set down just east of Woodville in St Croix County damaging eight farm dwellings and structures along its one-mile path causing $55,000 damage. Another tornado cut a 12-mile path from just southwest of Crandon to just north of Laona in Forest County causing $1 million damage. It destroyed three mobile homes, damaged or destroyed 25 homes and leveled 600 acres of timber. Three people were injured in a mobile home that was destroyed by the tornado. Widespread hail up to tennis ball-size fell over the Rhinelander area damaging hundreds of vehicles as well as roofs and windows. A severe thunderstorm with damaging winds knocked down about 3,000 trees and damaged several homes and cabins seven miles southeast of Seeley, Sawyer County.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindCrandon-Thunderstorm winds downed trees west of Crandon. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
May 2022HailCrandon-Nickel size hail fell north of Crandon.
May 2022HailCrandon-Quarter size hail fell in Crandon. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindCrandon-Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Crandon. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
August 2019HailCrandon-Penny size hail fell east of Crandon.
May 2015HailCrandon-Thunderstorms dropped penny size hail as they moved through the Crandon area.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindCrandon-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and knocked out power in Crandon.
July 2012HailCrandon-Thunderstorms produced quarter size hail and wind gusts of 40 to 45 mph in Crandon.
July 2012HailCrandon-Thunderstorms produced golf ball size hail as they passed through Crandon.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindCrandon-A thunderstorm that produced high winds also dropped torrential rain and pea size hail.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindCrandon-Thunderstorm winds downed isolated trees in Crandon.
July 2007HailCrandon-Hail was discovered on the ground by a spotter who was traveling through the area. Time of event is approximate.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindCrandon-Trees reported down around the city of Crandon.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindCrandon-Trees down on Rosa Road.
July 2008HailCrandon-no account filed
July 2006HailCrandon-no account filed
June 2005HailCrandon-no account filed
June 2005Funnel CloudCrandon-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindCrandon-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindCrandon-no account filed
April 2002Thunderstorm WindCrandon-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindCrandon-no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindCrandon-no account filed
September 2000Thunderstorm WindCrandon-no account filed
September 2000Thunderstorm WindCrandon-no account filed
June 1999HailCrandon-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindCrandon-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindCrandon-no account filed
April 1996HailCrandon-no account filed
September 1996HailCrandon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Forest 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
Keith (historical)4.5 miles11
Wisconsin Junction5.8 miles11
Argonne6.2 miles11
Nashville7.3 miles9
Mole Lake7.7 miles10
Atkins9.1 miles9
Hiles9.9 miles11
Woodlawn10.6 miles11

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on CrandonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1138847The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1579057. 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.