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Kelly, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Weston Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54476. It stands on Big Sandy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wausau East quadrangle.

Kelly within Marathon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

61 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Kelly between 1992 and 2020, burning about 84 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Equipment and vehicle use17
Debris and open burning12
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes1
Natural1

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
29 August 1994Recreation and ceremony16 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 July 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 July 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources11260
10 July 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesTRAILER TIRE
9 June 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources10742

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marathon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Kelly: 4 past producers, 4 unknowns, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
Own CrewsStoneUnknown
Sunburst QuarryStoneUnknown
Wimmer QuarryStoneUnknown
Callon Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cedar Creek Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Kelly Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rothschild Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Rothschild Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Silver Creek Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Marathon County

Storms near this place

10 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kelly in 10 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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
June 2018Thunderstorm WindKelly$2,000Thunderstorm winds damaged a large event tent, snapping three inch diameter support poles. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
October 2012HailKelly$1,000Half dollar size hail fell in Weston.
June 2024HailKelly-Nickel size hail fell in Ringle.
July 2023HailKelly-Half dollar size hail fell near Weston.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindKelly-Thunderstorm winds downed trees, traffic lights, and a bank sign in Weston. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
October 2012HailKelly-Quarter size hail fell in Weston.
May 2011HailKelly-Thunderstorms dropped penny size hail in Weston.
September 2010FloodKelly-Flooding continued across parts of Marathon County after the rainfall came to an end. Moderate flooding occurred on the Wisconsin River, Big Eau Plaine River and Big Rib River but the rivers fell below flood stage by late evening on the 25th.
July 2010HailKelly-Penny size hail and heavy rain, 0.76 inch in 30 minutes, fell at Weston.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindKelly-no account filed

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
Weston1.7 miles12
Schofield2.2 miles12
Wausau Junction3.1 miles12
Callon3.2 miles12
Rothschild3.5 miles12
East Hill4.4 miles12
Franklin Hill4.5 miles12
Wausau4.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1567388. 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.