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Marengo, Wisconsin

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1984. It stands in White River town. It lies in ZIP code area 54855. The Survey maps it on the Marengo quadrangle.

Marengo within Ashland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

63 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Marengo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 78 acres in total. 3 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
Debris and open burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Equipment and vehicle use8
Other causes6
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
2 August 2019Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesMAIN STREET
15 August 2007Recreation and ceremony2.5 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.7 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 August 2012Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesPELOTO
8 July 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesCOUNTY C
11 July 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 July 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ashland 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 Marengo: 4 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. 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
Ashland County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dale Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Dales PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ralph Hakala Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Russell Niemi Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Trout Brook Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Trout Brook Gravel Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Ashland County

Storms near this place

10 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marengo in 10 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flood. The reports record 1 death. 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
July 2016FloodMarengo1 killedAn 82-year-old man from Marengo was found dead in his pickup truck in the flooded waters along the Marengo River near the Riemer Road Bridge west of Marengo. The exact circumstances of how, when, and where he died are not known, only that he was found a few days after the heavy rains some time early Thursday.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindMarengo$150,000no account filed
July 2011Thunderstorm WindMarengo$50,000The winds blew down numerous trees. Several homes were damaged from falling trees. There was also some structural damage at the Ashland County fairgrounds.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindMarengo-A photo was received showing the top half of a large spruce tree that had been snapped off along with a large branch downed from another nearby tree.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMarengo-Several trees were snapped and a large portion of roofing material was ripped off of a machine shed.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindMarengo-A tree fell onto a power line during the storm.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindMarengo-A tree was downed onto a power line in Marengo.
April 2011HailMarengo-no account filed
July 2010HailMarengo-no account filed
June 2001HailMarengo-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ashland 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
Minersville1.5 miles11
North York2.9 miles11
High Bridge4.9 miles9
Sanborn4.9 miles11
White River8.0 miles11
Foster Junction9.6 miles12
Mellen10.6 miles12
White City10.9 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1569024. 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.