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Hannibal, Wisconsin

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Cleveland town. It lies in ZIP code area 54433. The Survey maps it on the Jump River quadrangle. It stands 1,266 feet above sea level.

Hannibal within Taylor County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 7 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

63 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Hannibal between 1992 and 2020, burning about 338 acres in total. None started naturally. 30 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
Arson/incendiarism30
Debris and open burning21
Equipment and vehicle use5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
11 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 August 1998Other causesunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 June 2009Debris and open burning11 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesBIRKENHOLZ
6 May 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesHOLZER
5 May 2001Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 May 2018Arson/incendiarism5.9 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesBEAR
3 May 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 May 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Taylor County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Hannibal: 3 occurrences, 2 past producers. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Clark Road Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Konsella Road Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pinkert Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Schwark Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Thorgerson Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Taylor County

Storms near this place

5 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hannibal in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2022: 2 funnel cloud, 2 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2022HailHannibal-Quarter sized hail was reported south of Hannibal.
July 2013Funnel CloudHannibal-A brief funnel cloud was sighted north of Hannibal.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindHannibal-An estimated wind gust of 60 mph occurred along with 1 inch hail just north of Hannibal.
May 2012HailHannibal-The hail covered the ground.
May 2011Funnel CloudHannibal-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Taylor County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Hughey4.7 miles9
Donald5.7 miles7
Gilman6.0 miles7
Jump River7.0 miles7
Polley7.7 miles7
Perkinstown9.8 miles9
Bellinger12.2 miles6
Lublin12.6 miles7

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 HannibalAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5649145The 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 1566040. 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.