Gagen, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Piehl town. It lies in ZIP code area 54501. The Survey maps it on the Starks quadrangle. It stands 1,647 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1940 USGS Monico quadrangle1:48000
- 1950 USGS Monico quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Starks quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rhinelander quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
39 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Gagen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 119 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | STELLA LAKE FIRE |
| 2 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | RASMUSSON FIRE |
| 12 August 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MARGARET LAKE FIRE |
| 3 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 July 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | IRRIGATION |
| 1 July 2002 | Fireworks | 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
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Gagen: 6 past producers, 5 occurrences. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Axelelson Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gagen Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gagen Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ginty Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hiles Junction Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Margaret Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Spur Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Spur Lake Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Twin Lakes Creek Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Twin Lakes Creek Gravel Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gagen in 1 storm report in 2016: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gagen | - | Thunderstorm winds downed a couple of trees in the Gagen area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starks | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Monico | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Malvern | 8.7 miles | 9 | |
| Roosevelt | 9.4 miles | 9 | |
| Three Lakes | 9.5 miles | 13 | |
| Lennox | 11.0 miles | 9 | |
| Jennings | 11.3 miles | 9 | |
| Pelican Lake | 11.4 miles | 10 |
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 Gagen | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5516853 | 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 1577607. 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.





