Glencoe, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Glencoe town. It lies in ZIP code area 54612. It stands on Glencoe Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Swinns Valley quadrangle. It stands 1,276 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1932 USGS Gilmanton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Swinns Valley quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Winona quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Glencoe in 1999, burning under an acre in total. None 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 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 45 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 45 workings within 5 miles of Glencoe: 23 past producers, 20 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Valley Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Keller Creek Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Rotering Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sobotta Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Allen Dorn Dolomite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Arcadia Shale Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Botana Valley Sandstone Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Buffalo County Operations | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Canada Ridge Sandstone Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| County Line Shale Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
4 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glencoe in 4 storm reports between 2015 and 2026: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Tornado (EF3) | Glencoe | $928,000 | This intense EF-3 tornado began near Blank Hill Road where it quickly intensified before damaging three homesteads near highway 88 south of Cream. The most significant damage was to one home where much of the exterior walls were collapsed onto the foundation forming the basis for the EF-3 rating. Other homes and outbuildings sustained significant damage near highway 88 as well. The tornado continued northeast and weakened slightly where additional homes and outbuildings sustained damage before the tornado lifted near County Road X just northeast of Montana. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glencoe | $5,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down across the central part of Buffalo County. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glencoe | $1,000 | A volunteer observer reported a power line down near Waumandee. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Glencoe | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waumandee | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Montana | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Anchorage (historical) | 7.7 miles | 19 | |
| Cream | 8.9 miles | 19 | |
| Bohri (historical) | 9.0 miles | 16 | |
| Praag | 10.2 miles | 19 | |
| Czechville | 10.5 miles | 14 | |
| Fountain City | 11.4 miles | 16 |
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 Glencoe | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5568260 | 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 1837513. 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.





