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Knowlton, Wisconsin

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Knowlton town. It stands on Peplin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dancy quadrangle.

Knowlton within Marathon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

110 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Knowlton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 72 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
Debris and open burning36
Equipment and vehicle use34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Smoking7
Recreation and ceremony6
Arson/incendiarism6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Other causes3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
15 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesHILL FIRE
15 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesTIKI FIRE
8 August 1996Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 August 2008Arson/incendiarism1.4 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 August 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesFAIR
12 August 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marathon County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Knowlton: 4 past producers. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Depot Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Edgewood Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Roszewski Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wilcox Lane Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Marathon County

Storms near this place

9 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Knowlton in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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
March 2011LightningKnowlton$296,700A lightning fire destroyed a house in the Town of Knowlton. A woman and her dog were home at the time of the fire but were able to escape without injury.
July 2010Heavy RainKnowlton$78,000Thunderstorms dumped heavy rain across southern Marathon County. By early evening spotters measured rainfall totals of: 2.50 inches at Knowlton, 3.29 inches at Rothschild and 4.00 inches at Merrill. The heavy rain caused some damage to roads in the Town of Guenther and Town of Knowlton.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindKnowlton$75,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees around Knowlton.
September 1997Thunderstorm WindKnowlton$2,000no account filed
October 2023HailKnowlton-Golf ball size hail fell in Knowlton.
September 2013HailKnowlton-Thunderstorms produced nickel size hail that fell in Knowlton.
May 2008Tornado (EF0)Knowlton-A weak tornado briefly touched down about five miles southeast of Mosinee. Several apple trees were damaged (DI 27, DOD 2) in a narrow path. A pine tree fell on a shed as well. The tornado was on the ground for less than 30 seconds.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindKnowlton-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindKnowlton-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
Dancy2.6 miles8
Rocky Corners4.0 miles7
Ashley4.3 miles7
Mosinee5.4 miles10
Peplin5.9 miles10
Moon6.8 miles7
Kronenwetter8.8 miles10
Evergreen9.0 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1567581. 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.