Ludington, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Ludington town. It lies in ZIP code area 54722. The Survey maps it on the Lake Eau Claire West quadrangle. It stands 1,089 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1952 USGS Cadott quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Lake Eau Claire West quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
77 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Ludington between 1992 and 2019, burning about 67 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 burning | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 September 1999 | Other causes | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 June 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 June 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 June 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ludington in 7 storm reports between 1997 and 2021: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2016 | Flash Flood | Ludington | - | Flood waters covered Highway 27 and County Highway X near Ludington. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ludington | - | Power lines were blown down southwest of Ludington. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ludington | - | Trees were downed, a boat flipped, and siding ripped off one mile north of the intersection of County Highways H and MM. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ludington | - | A barn was blown down in Ludington Township on County Road XX just south of the Chippewa County line. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ludington | - | Trees blown over. Estimated windspeed. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Ludington | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Ludington | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Rodell | 8.2 miles | 12 | |
| Fall Creek | 9.1 miles | 14 | |
| Augusta | 10.3 miles | 12 | |
| Hale Corner | 14.0 miles | 12 | |
| Hay Creek | 14.5 miles | 12 | |
| Brackett | 14.8 miles | 12 | |
| Green Acres | 15.1 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 Ludington | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6698797 | 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 1568792. 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.





