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Marshall, Wisconsin

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Marshall Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53559. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Marshall quadrangle. 3,787 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Marshall within Dane County

Population over time

2 figures

Marshall fell from 3,862 to 3,787 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20103,862
20203,787-75 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 24 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.

In the county-history sources

15,330 words on this township

The county-history sources names this settlement in its chapter on Marshall Village. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Marshall Village - it names this place 3 more 3 times.

Fires near this place

12 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Marshall between 2018 and 2020, burning about 4 acres in total. None 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 burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 July 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19092
13 July 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19095
10 July 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources172
8 June 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19079
19 May 2018Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources128
6 April 2020Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20042
29 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19063
15 April 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources92

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dane County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Marshall: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
John Hensen QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Marlin Shalitzly PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Dane County

Storms near this place

23 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marshall in 23 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 11 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 lightning. 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 2024Tornado (EF1)Marshall$3,000,000An EF-1 rated tornado developed south of Marshall near Highway 73, proceeding northwestward, damaging several farms and large areas of trees, before dissipating on the south side of Waterloo.
August 2006LightningMarshall$60,000Twelve cows were killed by a lightning strike.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindMarshall$15,000Some siding torn off homes and tree limbs down.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindMarshall$10,000A trained spotter reported many large trees were blown down 7 miles north of Marshall from damaging thunderstorm wind gusts that were estimated up to 70 mph (61 knots).
August 2018Flash FloodMarshall$5,000Flash flooding of some streets in Marshall. Schlimgen Rd. near the Deansville State Wildlife Area was closed due to flooding.
April 2007HailMarshall$5,000Hail shower lasted about 4 minutes, and resulted in slight damage (dents) to several vehicles.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindMarshall$2,000no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindMarshall$1,100no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindMarshall$400no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindMarshall$300no account filed
April 2026HailMarshall-Trained spotter reports 2 inch diameter hail near Marshall.
July 2012HailMarshall-The public reported large hail, measured to be 1 inch in diameter, that fell 3 miles southeast of Marshall.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindMarshall-Law enforcement officers reported trees downed from severe thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 56 knots (65 mph).
July 1995HailMarshall-Scattered severe thunderstorms developed in the morning hours on a westward moving lake breeze. Later in the day another family of severe storms moved out of Iowa into southern Wisconsin. Torrential rains, large hail, and powerful damaging winds were associated with the storms. Many large trees were toppled, some of which fell on homes and vehicles. Lightning strikes started a fire which did damage to a chimney of a historical building in Greenbush (Sheboygan County). Otherwise, powerful winds blew down large trees in both in Elkhart Lake and Plymouth (Sheboygan County). A lightning strike severely damaged a silo near the city of Darlington (Lafayette County). Hail up to three inches in diameter pounded the area around Rolling Prairie (Dodge County), which resulted in damage to area crops, cars, and the roofs/windows of several homes. A 13-year-old boy was killed by lightining in Brown Deer (Milwaukee County) while playing on a swing set. Considerable street flooding occurred in Wauwatosa (Milwaukee County) as over one inch of rain fell in 15 minutes. A gazebo was destroyed and large trees felled by powerful winds near a TV station in Brown Deer. High winds demolished and moved an eight car garage 55 feet in West Bend (Washington County). Roof shingles were torn from several homes in Waukesha (Waukesha County) as powerful winds blew down several large trees. A home in Wauwatosa (Milwaukee County) had its chimny blown knocked off by a lightning bolt. Another home in Wauwatosa sustained damage to a bathroom due to a lightning strike. Another severe storms winds brought down numerous large tree branches near Palmyra. Lightning damaged the Oak Creek (Milwaukee County) 911 computer system after hitting the police radio tower. Another lightning strike injured a 35-year-old female police officer in the village of Norway (Racine County). Powerful winds damaged a yacht club in Kenosha (Kenosha County) near the Coast Guard, and another severe storm spun a Beechcraft airplane 180 degrees as winds hit 75 mph at the Kenosha City Airport. Powerful winds pushed hay wagons onto a road east of Darlington (Lafayette County). A spotter estimated winds of 75 mph north of Elkhorn (Walworth County) as several large trees fell over. Severe storm winds blew down many large trees in the communities of Janesville, Union, Edgerton, and Lima Center, all in Rock County. Several large trees were toppled by powerful winds which hit Oregon (Dane County), while lightning struck a car in Cambridge (Dane County) and destroyed its electrical system.
May 2016HailMarshall-no account filed
October 2006HailMarshall-no account filed
October 2006HailMarshall-no account filed
March 2004HailMarshall-no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindMarshall-no account filed
March 2000HailMarshall-no account filed
May 2000HailMarshall-no account filed
June 1999FloodMarshall-no account filed
June 1995HailMarshall-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dane 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
Deansville2.1 miles24
Drovers Woods3.4 miles26
York Center4.9 miles24
Pierceville5.1 miles26
Old Deerfield5.9 miles23
City View Heights6.0 miles26
Burgess Corners6.4 miles26
Buss's Corners (historical)7.5 miles26

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 MarshallAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2174753The 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 1569082. 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.