Hamburg, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Hamburg town. The Survey maps it on the Hamburg quadrangle. It stands 1,467 feet above sea level.
On record in Hamburg
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Fromm Brothers Fur and Ginseng Farmlisted 2013
Walter and Mabel Fromm Houselisted 1982
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.
- 1902 USGS Marathon quadrangle1:125000
- 1951 USGS Hamburg quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Hamburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Merrill quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
59 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Hamburg between 1994 and 2020, burning about 68 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | COMBINE 1 |
| 22 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | COMBINE 2 |
| 18 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | COUNTY A FIRE |
| 10 August 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.4 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 July 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 July 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 July 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 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 Hamburg: 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alton Zettler-Athens Sand & Gvl Qy | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lincoln Drive Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
6 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hamburg in 6 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flood. 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 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Hamburg | $258,000 | A tornado developed about 2 miles north of Hamburg at 6:08 pm CDT (1708 CST) and moved northeast into Lincoln County at 6:10 pm CDT (1710 CST). Pine trees were uprooted and large branches were broken in the path of the storm (DI 28, DOD 2-3). A house sustained damage to its siding (DI 2, DOD 2) and several barns were blown down or lost their roofs (DI 1, DOD 2-3). The average width of the tornado in Marathon County was 100 yards. The tornado reached EF3 intensity in Lincoln County. |
| March 2016 | Flood | Hamburg | $2,500 | Flood waters washed out the intersection of 13th Lane and County Line Road, along the Lincoln County line. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Hamburg | - | Quarter size hail fell near Hamburg. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamburg | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees near Hamburg. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamburg | - | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Hail | Hamburg | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmerich | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Little Chicago | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Naugart | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Rib Falls | 8.3 miles | 7 | |
| Poniatowski | 8.7 miles | 7 | |
| Taegesville | 8.9 miles | 12 | |
| Stettin (historical) | 9.1 miles | 7 | |
| Athens | 10.8 miles | 9 |
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 Hamburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14714443 | 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 1581839. 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.





