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Marcy, Wisconsin

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Menomonee Falls Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53051. The Survey maps it on the Waukesha quadrangle.

Marcy within Waukesha County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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

29 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Marcy between 2010 and 2020, burning about 11 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined16
Debris and open burning7
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2002767
10 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources367
22 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1772992
9 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1802082
7 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1801676
7 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1801682
20 June 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2002129
18 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources456

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Waukesha County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Marcy: 10 producers, 7 past producers, 3 unknowns. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension, Stone, 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
Four Halquist QuarriesStoneUnknown
Genessee & Lannon QuarriesStoneUnknown
Lannon QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Main Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Own CrewsStoneUnknown
Vulcan Materials Co Sussex QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Carlsons Limestone QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Cawley Limestone QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
J J PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
James PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Waukesha County

Storms near this place

3 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marcy in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 1 lightning, 1 flash flood, 1 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
September 2010LightningMarcy$100,000Lightning struck a house in Brookfield causing a fire in the attic. The lightning strike blew holes in the chimney and the roof of the house. Residents in the home at the time of the strike had escaped by the time firefighters arrived on the scene.
June 2011Flash FloodMarcy$5,000Heavy downpours of rain, associated with a line of strong to severe thunderstorms that crossed southern Wisconsin during the afternoon and evening hours of June 21st, dropped between 1.5 inches and 2 inches of rain over a 1 to 2 hour time period. The heavy rains caused flash flooding that covered some roads with 1 to 2 feet of water. Law enforcement officials reported the intersection of Lily Road and Burleigh Road in Brookfield, was closed, as were many other roads in the surrounding area, due to the high water covering the roadways. Some basement flooding was also reported.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindMarcy$1,000A large tree down near the intersection of 138th St. and Capitol Dr.

Every storm recorded in Waukesha 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
Lannon3.2 miles20
Butler3.4 miles20
Willow Springs3.5 miles20
Brookfield3.5 miles20
Duplainville4.2 miles21
Fussville4.2 miles20
Menomonee Falls5.0 miles20
Sussex5.1 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1569023. 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.