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Marcellon, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Marcellon town. It lies in ZIP code area 53954. The Survey maps it on the Pardeeville quadrangle. It stands 827 feet above sea level.

Marcellon within Columbia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

135 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Marcellon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 717 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 10 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 burning63
Equipment and vehicle use24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Arson/incendiarism10
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking4
Fireworks3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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
26 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 September 2011Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesSILVER MAPLE
13 September 2000Natural2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 August 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 August 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Marcellon: 5 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Gaastra QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Highway E QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Helmer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kruchten PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Manthey PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Schultz Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wyocena Dump PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Columbia County

Storms near this place

3 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marcellon in 3 storm reports between 2002 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2022Thunderstorm WindMarcellon$5,000Multiple large trees and branches down.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindMarcellon$1,000A shed partially damaged and power lines down.
June 2002Funnel CloudMarcellon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Columbia 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
Pardeeville2.8 miles12
Belle Fountain3.2 miles12
Wyocena5.5 miles12
Ingle8.3 miles10
Rio8.4 miles9
Cambria8.6 miles10
Friesland10.6 miles10
Portage10.6 miles13

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 MarcellonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6756445The 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 1569020. 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.