Marshfield, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Marshfield City. It lies in ZIP code area 54449. The Survey maps it on the Marshfield quadrangle. 18,929 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,286 feet above sea level.
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On record in Marshfield
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 12 of 15 shown
Central Wisconsin State Fair Round Barnlisted 1997
Columbia Park Band Shelllisted 2008
Marshfield Central Avenue Historic Districtlisted 1993
Marshfield Senior High Schoollisted 2005
Parkin Ice Cream Companylisted 2009
Pleasant Hill Residential Historic Districtlisted 2000
Willard D. Purdy Junior High and Vocational Schoollisted 1992
Hamilton and Catherine Roddis Houselisted 2008
Soo Line Steam Locomotive 2442listed 2009
Gov. William H. Upham Houselisted 1976
Wahle-Laird Houselisted 1992
Weinbrenner Shoe Factorylisted 2008
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Marshfield quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Marshfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Marshfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Marshfield between 2018 and 2020, burning about 5 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 164 |
| 12 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2005074 |
| 25 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2004849 |
| 21 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2004798 |
| 21 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2004792 |
| 29 December 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2012241 |
| 6 November 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2011289 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Marshfield: 3 past producers. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stadt Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ross Blott Granite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Scheuer Creek Granite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
54 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marshfield in 54 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 26 thunderstorm wind, 22 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds snapped power poles and caused some damage to nearby businesses in Marshfield. |
| September 1997 | Heavy Rain | Marshfield | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | $3,000 | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Lightning | Marshfield | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Flash Flood | Marshfield | - | Rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 inches in a short time caused cars to get stuck in water on several streets in Marshfield due to flash flooding. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Marshfield | - | Quarter size hail fell in Marshfield. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Marshfield. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Marshfield | - | Heavy rain caused flash flooding along Highway 13 and County V in northwestern Wood County. |
| October 2023 | Hail | Marshfield | - | Hail slightly larger than lime size (2.25 inches) fell in Marshfield. |
| October 2023 | Hail | Marshfield | - | Quarter size hail fell in Marshfield. |
| October 2023 | Hail | Marshfield | - | Ping pong size hail fell in Marshfield. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 61 mph was measured at Marshfield Municipal Airport. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Marshfield. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | - | Thunderstorms produced a wind gust to 63 mph at the Marshfield airport. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 63 mph was measured at the Marshfield airport. |
| October 2019 | Hail | Marshfield | - | Quarter size hail fell in Marshfield. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | - | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and power lines throughout Wood County. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Marshfield. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | - | Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and branches in Marshfield. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Marshfield | - | Nickel size hail fell as a thunderstorm passed through Marshfield. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Marshfield | - | Quarter size hail fell in Marshfield. The time of this event was estimated based on radar data. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | - | Scattered trees were blown down which caused power outages in the city of Marshfield. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | - | Thunderstorm winds downed power lines as the storms moved through Marshfield. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts to 60 mph downed trees, some as large as 8 inches in diameter, west of Marshfield. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Marshfield | - | Quarter size hail fell in Marshfield. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Marshfield | - | Nickel size hail fell in Marshfield. Time of event is estimated. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | - | A trailer was tipped over in the city of Marshfield. At least 20 trees were knocked down across Wood County. |
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Marshfield | - | Marshfield Municipal Airport recorded 3.09 inches of rain from 8 PM CST to 930 PM CST. The heavy rainfall caused water to flow across numerous roads in the area. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Marshfield | - | Penny size hail fell in the Marshfield area. |
| September 2010 | Hail | Marshfield | - | Hail up to the size of pennies fell for five minutes at Marshfield. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Marshfield | - | Penny size hail fell in Marshfield. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Marshfield | - | Penny size hail was observed in Marshfield. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Marshfield | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Marshfield | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Marshfield | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Marshfield | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Marshfield | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Marshfield | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Marshfield | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Marshfield | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Marshfield | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Flood | Marshfield | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakerville | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Hewitt | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Nasonville | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Auburndale | 9.2 miles | 11 | |
| Bethel | 9.9 miles | 11 | |
| Lindsey | 10.3 miles | 11 | |
| Arpin | 11.4 miles | 11 | |
| Blenker | 14.1 miles | 6 |
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 Marshfield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1569760 | 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 1569085. 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.





