Grand Marsh, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1990. It stands in New Chester town. It lies in ZIP code area 53936. The Survey maps it on the Grand Marsh quadrangle.
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.
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Grand Marsh quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Wisconsin Dells quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Wisconsin Dells quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
219 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 219 fires within 5 miles of Grand Marsh between 1992 and 2020, burning about 383 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 69 |
| Debris and open burning | 61 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 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
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Grand Marsh: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County Operations | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Butera Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| D. Patterson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Werner Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grand Marsh in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 5 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1997 | Flash Flood | Grand Marsh | $30,000 | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Hail | Grand Marsh | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grand Marsh | $2,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down near Grand Marsh. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Grand Marsh | - | The public reported 1 inch hail 3 miles south-southwest of Grand Marsh. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Grand Marsh | - | Law enforcement reported flooding along Highway G in Adams County. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Grand Marsh | - | Up to quarter sized hail fell south of Brooks. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Grand Marsh | - | Quarter to golf ball sized hail fell at the intersection of County Road B and State Highway 82. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Grand Marsh | - | Penny sized hail accumulated to a depth of an inch and a half on the road. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grand Marsh | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springbluff (historical) | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| New Chester (historical) | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Adams Center (historical) | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Brooks | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Brookside | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Easton | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Fordham (historical) | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| Adams | 7.6 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1565712. 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.





