Globe, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Weston town. It lies in ZIP code area 54437. The Survey maps it on the Willard quadrangle. It stands 1,129 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Neillsville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Willard quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Marshfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Globe between 1994 and 2018, burning about 26 acres 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 | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 August 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 29 |
| 14 July 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 May 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 May 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HANSEN BARN BURNER |
| 23 April 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | STERLING FIRE |
| 16 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 April 1999 | Other causes | 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
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Globe: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwood Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Schuering Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Globe in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2019: 2 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Globe | $255,000 | An EF1 tornado tracked across rural sections of central Clark County. The tornado touched down near the Black River southwest of Greenwood and then moved northeast before dissipating west of Loyal. Along its path, the tornado damaged trees, barns, silos, and crops. At least three cows were killed at one farm. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Globe | $2,000 | Several trees were blown down southwest of Christie. |
| July 2011 | Heavy Rain | Globe | - | A total of 3.50 inches of rain fell in two and a half hour. This heavy rain produced some standing water in a pasture. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Globe | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Globe | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christie | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Willard | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Sidney | 7.1 miles | 11 | |
| Neillsville | 7.3 miles | 11 | |
| Tioga | 7.4 miles | 12 | |
| Greenwood | 8.6 miles | 11 | |
| Columbia | 10.1 miles | 11 | |
| Kurth (historical) | 10.2 miles | 11 |
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 Globe | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5570950 | 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 1565588. 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.





