Ino, Wisconsin
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 2005. It stands in Keystone town. It lies in ZIP code area 54856. The Survey maps it on the Ino quadrangle. It stands 978 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1944 USGS Moquah quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Moquah quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Ino quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Moquah quadrangle1:62500
- 1980 USGS Port Wing quadrangle1:100000
- 2005 USGS Ino quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
29 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Ino between 1992 and 2017, burning about 142 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | GRAVEL PIT |
| 30 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2006 | Smoking | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | DITCH |
| 17 July 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 June 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Ino: 5 past producers, 3 occurrences. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred J. Schneider Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Barbara and Simon Susienka Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bayfield County Sand Deposit #4 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| John D. Hare Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| John Lunda Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Moquah Grael Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Spider Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| U.S. Forest Service Gravel Pit #6 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
10 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ino in 10 storm reports between 2006 and 2021: 4 flash flood, 3 hail, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | Ino | $2,200,000 | US Highway 2 was washed out at North Fish Creek west of Tomich Road east of Ino. The culvert failed and eroded the road on both sides. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Ino | $8,000 | Three vehicles were dented by the hail, and a police car windshield was smashed. High winds accompanied the hail. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ino | $5,000 | Shingles were blown from a roof and siding was damaged on a house. A barn was severely damaged. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ino | - | Multiple trees were downed along Highway 2 in Ino. |
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | Ino | - | Water was over US Highway 2 near Ino. |
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | Ino | - | Panasuk Road was flooded near County Road E due to North Fish Creek overflowing its banks. |
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | Ino | - | Keystone Road was washed out at the crossing of North Fish Creek. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Ino | - | Wheat and corn fields were destroyed along County Highway E by the very large hail and high winds. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ino | - | A 2-foot diameter tree was snapped. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Ino | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moquah | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Benoit | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Pike River | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Delta | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Sutherland | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Topside | 7.9 miles | 12 | |
| Mason | 9.1 miles | 8 | |
| Ashland Junction | 11.4 miles | 13 |
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 Ino | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6036437 | 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 1579512. 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.







