Hertel, Wisconsin
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1985. It stands in La Follette town. It lies in ZIP code area 54845. The Survey maps it on the Hertel quadrangle. It stands 1,037 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1949 USGS Hertel quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Hertel quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Hertel quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Grantsburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
147 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Hertel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 241 acres in total. 6 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 burning | 50 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MANGELSEN HANK FIRE |
| 3 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MANGELSON RYE FIRE |
| 27 August 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | WHEAT CHAFF FIRE |
| 2 August 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.8 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | WELD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Hertel: 4 producers, 3 past producers, 3 occurrences. 4 still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viola Lake Clay Pit | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Atkinson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bashaw Brook Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Big Sand Lake Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Hertel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lawrence Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| North Fork Clam River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sommerfeld Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Stellright Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Stillrecht Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
24 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hertel in 24 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 15 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death. 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 2011 | Lightning | Hertel | 1 killed | An eleven year old girl was killed while trying to escape the approaching storm. Lightning struck a tree and the tree fell on the girl, killing her. The tree was so large that it took 20 men to remove it. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hertel | $40,000 | Numerous trees were reported down or snapped. The reporter estimates that 80 plus trees were down on their 90 acre property and neighbors had damage to their home due to trees falling on it. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hertel | - | A photo was received of an eight inch diameter tree that had been snapped. The observer noted that the tree already had a scar on it. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hertel | - | Numerous small to medium-sized trees were down with some snapped at the base and others 20 feet up. Photos showed the trees to be down in a narrow swath about 1000 feet wide with trees laying in multiple directions. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hertel | - | Two trees were completely uprooted with many others snapped in half. A cement block shed had also shifted some due to the wind. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hertel | - | A few trees were knocked down along Birch Haven Road. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Hertel | - | Hail fell for 30 minutes and was mostly pea to dime size. However, there were hail stones up to 1 inch in diameter. Storm total rainfall was 1.5 inches. |
| October 2006 | Hail | Hertel | - | Hail fell at the corner of Highway 70 and Route H. |
| June 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Hertel | - | The tornado briefly touched down near Oak Road. Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| July 2000 | Flash Flood | Hertel | - | A bridge on county highway EE over the Clam River was washed out. |
| August 2022 | Hail | Hertel | - | no account filed |
| August 2022 | Hail | Hertel | - | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Hail | Hertel | - | no account filed |
| September 2014 | Hail | Hertel | - | no account filed |
| September 2014 | Hail | Hertel | - | no account filed |
| September 2014 | Hail | Hertel | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Hertel | - | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Hail | Hertel | - | no account filed |
| October 2006 | Hail | Hertel | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Hertel | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Hertel | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Hertel | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Hertel | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hertel | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coomer | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Bashaw | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Timberland | 9.9 miles | 13 | |
| Siren | 11.0 miles | 14 | |
| Webster | 11.2 miles | 14 | |
| Oakland | 13.6 miles | 14 | |
| Webb Lake | 14.0 miles | 8 | |
| Yellow Lake | 14.4 miles | 14 |
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 Hertel | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5744654 | 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 1566330. 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.








