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Harshaw, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Cassian town. It lies in ZIP code area 54529. It stands on Horsehead Creek. The Survey maps it on the Harshaw quadrangle. It stands 1,506 feet above sea level.

Harshaw within Oneida County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

76 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Harshaw between 1992 and 2019, burning about 49 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
Debris and open burning18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use12
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Arson/incendiarism7
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Fireworks2
Other causes2
Natural1
Smoking1

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
7 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 August 2019Other causesunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesBUCK LANE
29 August 2006Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 July 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 July 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 July 2009Fireworksunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesFERNWOOD FIREWORKS
1 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oneida County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Harshaw: 8 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Perry Lake Clay DepositClayOccurrence
Cassian PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Currie Lake Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Goodnow Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Harshaw Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Harshaw Road Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Heiress Lake Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Rocky Run Road Gravel Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Rocky Run Road Gravel Deposit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Oneida County

Storms near this place

12 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harshaw in 12 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2025Thunderstorm WindHarshaw-Thunderstorm winds downed trees near Harshaw. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindHarshaw-Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Harshaw. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindHarshaw-Thunderstorm winds toppled large diameter trees and snapped off the tops of large oak and pine trees.
August 2018HailHarshaw-Quarter size hail fell south of Harshaw.
October 2018HailHarshaw-Quarter size hail fell near Harshaw.
April 2017HailHarshaw-Penny size hail fell at Harshaw.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindHarshaw-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and a power line in Harshaw.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindHarshaw-More than a dozen trees were knocked down by thunderstorm winds near Harshaw. The weather observer also measured 2.47 inches of rain during the storm.
April 2008HailHarshaw-no account filed
July 2004Tornado (F0)Harshaw-no account filed
April 2002HailHarshaw-no account filed
March 1998Thunderstorm WindHarshaw-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Oneida 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
Goodnow2.4 miles12
Woodboro6.7 miles12
Manson (historical)6.8 miles12
McNaughton7.5 miles12
Newbold8.0 miles12
Sunflower9.5 miles12
Hazelhurst10.5 miles12
Lake Tomahawk10.8 miles12

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 HarshawAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5673868The 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 1566101. 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.