Ingersoll, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Elderon town. The Survey maps it on the Mission Lake quadrangle. It stands 1,260 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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
- 1953 USGS Hatley quadrangle1:48000
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Hatley quadrangle1:62500
- 1982 USGS Mission Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Wausau quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
73 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Ingersoll between 1992 and 2020, burning about 104 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | FIREWORKS PARTY |
| 24 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.3 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HALF MILE |
| 10 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | KILDEER FIRE |
| 30 June 2000 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 June 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 June 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 June 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Ingersoll: 10 past producers, 7 occurrences, 1 producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anton Buss Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Brinkman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Comet Creek Gravel Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Eland Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Eland Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Elderon Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Elm Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Hatley Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Hatley Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hatley Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ingersoll in 2 storm reports in 2010: 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ingersoll | $211,000 | Downburst winds from a thunderstorm caused a barn to collapse, killing or severely injuring 50 head of milking cattle. Part of the milking parlor also collapsed. A flat-bed trailer with irrigation piping was moved about 20 feet, with some of the piping blown over an adjacent residence and into a stand of pine trees. Less than a mile to the east the metal roof of a 25 foot by 25 foot shed was blown about 30 yards into an adjacent corn field. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ingersoll | - | Thunderstorm winds downed large trees on County Highway II near State Highway 49. |
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 Ingersoll | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14714475 | 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 1876701. 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.






