Markton, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Wolf River town. It lies in ZIP code area 54491. It stands on Demster Creek. The Survey maps it on the Markton quadrangle. It stands 1,079 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1952 USGS Langlade quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Markton quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Wabeno quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
1,407 words on this townshipHistory of Langlade County, Wisconsin, from U. S. Government Survey to Present Time, with Biographical Sketches, published 1922 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Wolf River Town covers the township.
Read the chapter on Wolf River Town - 1,407 words.
Fires near this place
26 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Markton between 1994 and 2020, burning about 16 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| 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 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Menominee Tribe | VALMET |
| 28 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | not named |
| 30 July 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | VAL ALSTINE RD |
| 3 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | TRAXEL BLOWDOWN |
| 23 July 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 July 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | W.T. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Markton: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Copper Mine | Copper | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Markton in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2016: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Markton | 1 hurt | Thunderstorm winds snapped approximately 40 trees at Gardner Dam Boy Scouts Camp. One of the campers suffered a minor injury, a bump on the head, when a tree fell on a tent. The storms also downed numerous trees near the intersection of Highway 55 and County Road WW. The time of this event was estimated based on radar data. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Markton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Lake | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Langlade | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Four Corners | 10.1 miles | 8 | |
| Hollister | 11.0 miles | 8 | |
| Elton | 12.2 miles | 8 | |
| Lily | 16.2 miles | 10 | |
| Polar | 17.5 miles | 8 | |
| Freeman | 18.0 miles | 10 |
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 Markton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6771413 | 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 1579814. 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.




