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Menasha, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Menasha City. It lies in ZIP code area 54952. It lies near Doty Island. The Survey maps it on the Neenah quadrangle. 18,268 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 755 feet above sea level.

Menasha within Winnebago County

On record in Menasha

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 9 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

24 words on this township

History of Winnebago County, Wisconsin, and Early History of the Northwest, published 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Menasha City covers the township.

Read the chapter on Menasha City - 24 words.

Fires near this place

19 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Menasha between 2018 and 2020, burning about 10 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks1
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
6 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources106
15 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources112
11 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1711
1 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesAP00565
3 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1386
24 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources96
12 July 2018Fireworksunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1485
19 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1260

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Winnebago 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 Menasha: 3 unknowns, 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, 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
Van Handel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Deitz QuarryStoneUnknown
Own CrewsStoneUnknown
Badger Highway Menasha QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Curtiss QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Jorgenson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Schultz QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Winnebago County

Storms near this place

37 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Menasha in 37 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 19 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 flood. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
May 1998Thunderstorm WindMenasha1 hurt, $300,000no account filed
August 2004LightningMenasha1 hurtno account filed
July 2010HailMenasha$9,000,000Hail, up to golf ball size, damaged hundreds of vehicles and more than 200 homes in northeast Winnebago County. The wind-driven hail caused significant damage to roofs and siding.
July 2008Tornado (EF1)Menasha$75,000A tornado, rated EF1 with estimated wind speeds of 90 mph, touched down at 10:44 p.m. CDT about 4 miles west-northwest of Menasha. It stayed on the ground for one minute and produced sporadic damage along a narrow path almost half a mile long. An apartment complex sustained the heaviest damage. Four buildings were affected, two of which lost parts of their roofs (DI 5, DOD 2 & 3).
July 2011Thunderstorm WindMenasha$50,000A building on the west side of Menasha was damaged by winds estimated at 75 mph. A car was flipped near Highways 76 and 10. Several camper trailers were also tipped over at a nearby campground, heavily damaging one of them.
July 2003Flash FloodMenasha$44,500no account filed
August 2024Thunderstorm WindMenasha-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Fox Crossing. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindMenasha-Thunderstorm winds uprooted many trees in Menasha.
December 2015Heavy RainMenasha-Several rounds of heavy rain across Winnebago County resulted in water covering the road near the intersection of Highway 114 and South Oneida Street in Menasha and flooding of fields between Neenah and Oshkosh.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindMenasha-Thunderstorm winds downed tree limbs and power lines in Menasha.
August 2014HailMenasha-Nickel size hail fell at Menasha.
June 2012HailMenasha-Quarter size hail fell in Menasha.
May 2011HailMenasha-Nickel size hail fell in Menasha.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindMenasha-Thunderstorm winds snapped trees, downed power lines and tore 2 sections from a dock on the north side of Lake Winnebago.
July 2010HailMenasha-Golf ball size hail near Menasha caused extensive damage to the roof and siding of a house.
July 2010HailMenasha-Quarter to half dollar size hail fell near Menasha.
July 2008HailMenasha-Torrential rainfall accompanied the hail.
June 2008HailMenasha-Penny size hail lasted for 3 minutes.
August 2008HailMenasha-Penny size hail was reported in the town of Menasha.
August 2008HailMenasha-Quarter size hail was reported in the town of Menasha.
August 2008HailMenasha-Spotters reported half-dollar size hail on the east side of Menasha.
August 2008HailMenasha-Nickel size hail was reported on the east side of Menasha.
August 2008HailMenasha-Nickel size hail was reported in the town of Menasha.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindMenasha-Thunderstorms winds downed branches and produced half-inch hail at the intersection US Highway 441 and County Road P.
July 2008HailMenasha-Quarter size hail damaged a garden near Neenah.
July 2003HailMenasha-no account filed
May 2002HailMenasha-no account filed
May 2002Funnel CloudMenasha-no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindMenasha-no account filed
August 2000FloodMenasha-no account filed
June 1999FloodMenasha-no account filed
May 1998HailMenasha-no account filed
August 1998Tornado (F0)Menasha-no account filed
June 1998SeicheMenasha-no account filed
August 1998HailMenasha-no account filed
August 1998Thunderstorm WindMenasha-no account filed
March 1998HailMenasha-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Winnebago 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
Brighton Beach1.4 miles12
Neenah1.4 miles12
Waverly Beach2.3 miles12
Fox Crossing2.4 miles12
Sunrise Bay2.7 miles12
Rainbow Beach3.1 miles12
Adella Beach4.2 miles12
Ricker Bay5.1 miles12

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 MenashaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1570626The 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 1569330. 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.