Edgewater, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Edgewater town. It lies in ZIP code area 54817. It stands on Benson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Edgewater quadrangle. It stands 1,266 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1945 USGS Meteor quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Meteor quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Edgewater quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Spooner quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
55 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Edgewater between 1993 and 2020, burning about 149 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 8 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 burning | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 June 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 June 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MUSKY |
| 9 May 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SUNSET |
| 6 May 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 May 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Edgewater: 4 occurrences, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackberry Lane Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| East Shore Drive Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| East Shore Drive Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Knuteson Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Summit Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Summit Lake Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edgewater in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. The reports record 1 death and 3 injuries. 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 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgewater | 1 killed, 3 hurt | Strong thunderstorm winds blew over an oak tree onto an occupied camper, killing one of the occupants and injuring 3 others. Numerous trees were blown over roadways in the area as well. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgewater | - | Several trees reported down and on a local county road on the northwest side of Lake Chetac. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Edgewater | - | 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.
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 Edgewater | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5337837 | The 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 1564444. 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.





