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Kalinke, Wisconsin

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Easton town. The Survey maps it on the Kalinke quadrangle. It stands 1,463 feet above sea level.

Kalinke within Marathon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

48 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Kalinke between 1992 and 2018, burning about 168 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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 burning15
Equipment and vehicle use11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 June 1994Debris and open burning1.5 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesPIT ROAD #7
7 May 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesPIT ROAD #6
7 May 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesPIT ROAD #5
7 May 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesPIT ROAD #4
7 May 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesPIT ROAD #3
7 May 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesPIT ROAD #2
7 May 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesPIT ROAD #1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marathon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Kalinke: 5 past producers, 4 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Reef Gold DepositGoldProspectChalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrrhotite
Hogarty Granite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Red Granite Road Granite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Strycharski Granite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Woodland Drive Granite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Emil Hasse Gravel Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Emil Hasse Gravel Deposit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Hogarty Gravel Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Hogarty Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Marathon Pit Karcher PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Marathon County

Storms near this place

6 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kalinke in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 2 tornado, 2 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2026Tornado (EF1)Kalinke-A tornado developed about 3 miles northwest of Glandon, at the end of Pine Haven Road, about 4:44 PM CDT in Marathon County. The tornado produced significant damage to a barn by collapsing the entire top floor of half of the barn, pushed a silo off its foundation, and damaged a metal outbuilding by tearing off most of the roof and some exterior walls. The tornado moved north-northeast, crossing the Lincoln County line around 4:46 PM CDT. Total path length is estimated to be 4.33 miles long, with a width of 100 yards. Peak wind estimated to be around 110 mph.
July 2025HailKalinke-Quarter size hail fell near Nutterville.
July 2025HailKalinke-Half dollar size hail fell near Hogarty. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindKalinke-Thunderstorm winds downed a newly finished barn and damaged multiple trees near Hogarty. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindKalinke-Thunderstorm winds downed trees down in Hewitt. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
July 2008Tornado (EF0)Kalinke-A tornado briefly touched down just south of County Line Road near County Road Q. Several trees in an open field were knocked over (DI 28, DOD 2 & 3).

Every storm recorded in Marathon County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Johnson2.5 miles11
Glandon4.3 miles11
Hogarty4.8 miles11
Sunset5.4 miles11
Snell6.2 miles11
Nutterville7.1 miles12
Ringle9.7 miles9
Hatley10.3 miles9

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 KalinkeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14714501The 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 1577670. 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.