Hogarty, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Plover town. It stands on Skulen Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hogarty quadrangle. It stands 1,411 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1899 USGS Wausau quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Wausau quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Doering quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Hogarty quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Merrill quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
48 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Hogarty between 1995 and 2019, burning about 207 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HIGHWAY Y #1 |
| 6 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HIGHWAY Y #3 |
| 6 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HIGHWAY Y #2 |
| 22 July 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | TRAILER PARK |
| 9 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | WARM SPRING DAY |
| 6 June 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | RADAR ALERT |
| 4 June 2019 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BEAR LAKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Hogarty: 12 past producers, 7 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reef Gold Deposit | Gold | Prospect | Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrrhotite | |
| Arthur Weden Granite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Dale Keen Granite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hogarty Granite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mildred Walters Granite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Red Granite Road Granite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Snell Granite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Strycharski Granite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Woodland Drive Granite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Donald Thompson Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hogarty in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 hail. The reports record 3 injuries. 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hogarty | 3 hurt | Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees near Hogarty. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| July 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Hogarty | $200,000 | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hogarty | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hogarty | - | Thunderstorm winds blew over an RV in the town of Harrison. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hogarty | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and powerlines in the town of Easton. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hogarty | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines near Hogarty. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Hogarty | - | A thunderstorm dropped quarter size hail as it passed through the Hogarty area. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hogarty | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked trees down on a road. |
| June 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Hogarty | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hogarty | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Hogarty | - | 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.
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 Hogarty | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5877133 | 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 1566521. 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.






