Marion, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Marion City. It lies in ZIP code area 54950. The Survey maps it on the Marion quadrangle. 1,324 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 850 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Clintonville quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Marion quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Shawano quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
64 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Marion between 1992 and 2020, burning about 85 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 July 2020 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BUCKBEE RD FIRE |
| 22 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.4 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BUCKBEE CAR FIRE |
| 6 May 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MALUEG RD FIRE |
| 5 May 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Marion: 4 occurrences, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Mielke Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Earl Mielke Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Gollnow Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Haase Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Kussmann Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Laatsch Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Radke Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Strehlow Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
12 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marion in 12 storm reports between 1993 and 2015: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Marion | $100,000 | A tornado formed and heavily damaged a barn (DI 1, DOD 6) and adjacent garage. The roof of a nearby house was damaged and windows of another were broken (DI 2, DOD 3 and 4). At least two dozen trees were uprooted or snapped (DI 27 and 28, DOD 3 and 4). Average path width was 50 yards. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | - | Thunderstorms produced a wind gust estimated at 60 mph west of Marion. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | - | Thunderstorm winds flattened a cornfield near Marion and left debris on State Highway 110. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Marion | - | Penny size hail fell at Marion. |
| July 2008 | Heavy Rain | Marion | - | Heavy rain caused the roof to collapse of an unused building at the Marion Plywood Corporation. The flat roof could not hold the weight of the intense rainfall. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Marion | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Marion | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckbee | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Granite City (historical) | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Marble (historical) | 7.5 miles | 8 | |
| Clintonville | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Big Falls | 7.7 miles | 7 | |
| Embarrass | 9.7 miles | 8 | |
| Nicholson | 10.3 miles | 8 | |
| Symco | 10.9 miles | 8 |
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 Marion | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1569859 | 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 1569041. 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.



