Irma, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Birch town. It lies in ZIP code area 54442. It stands on Irma Hill. The Survey maps it on the Irma quadrangle. It stands 1,529 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.
- 1950 USGS Tomahawk quadrangle1:48000
- 1952 USGS Tomahawk quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Tomahawk quadrangle1:62500
- 1982 USGS Irma quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Merrill quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
108 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Irma between 1992 and 2020, burning about 96 acres in total. 1 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 | 46 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Natural | 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 2005 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | UNDERDOWN |
| 24 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | ACKERMAN LAKE FIRE |
| 2 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | NORTH SHORE FIRE |
| 18 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | H51 |
| 18 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | H51 NORTH |
| 10 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Irma in 14 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 7 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Irma | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Irma | - | Golf ball size hail fell near Irma. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Irma | - | Quarter size hail fell in Irma. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Irma | - | Nickel size hail fell near Irma. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Irma | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Irma. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Irma | - | Thunderstorm winds downed multiple trees and power lines in Irma. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Irma | - | Thunderstorms winds downed trees east of Irma, in the vicinity of Highway 51 and County Road J. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Irma | - | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees around Irma. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Irma | - | Thunderstorms produced quarter size hail near Irma. Time of report was estimated based on radar data. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Irma | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 mph were reported at the intersection of County Road J and Interstate 39. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Irma | - | Golf ball size hail fell at Highway 51 and county road K near Irma. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Irma | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Irma | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Irma | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilbert | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Otis | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| West Kraft | 7.9 miles | 9 | |
| Bloomville | 8.4 miles | 9 | |
| Tomahawk | 8.9 miles | 9 | |
| Gleason | 9.5 miles | 11 | |
| Jersey City | 10.1 miles | 9 | |
| Dutch Corners | 10.1 miles | 12 |
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 Irma | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6071994 | 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 1566960. 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.
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.






