Middle Inlet, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Middle Inlet town. It lies in ZIP code area 54114. The Survey maps it on the Wausaukee South quadrangle. It stands 722 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 9 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.
- 1942 USGS Wausaukee quadrangle1:48000
- 1947 USGS Wausaukee quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Wausaukee quadrangle1:62500
- 1981 USGS Marinette quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Wausaukee South quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
171 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 171 fires within 5 miles of Middle Inlet between 1992 and 2020, burning about 188 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 13 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 | 52 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | STRAW FIRE |
| 5 September 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 1997 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 August 2008 | Natural | 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
10 of 33 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Middle Inlet: 17 past producers, 13 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Molybdenum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Five Deposit | Molybdenum | Occurrence | 1937 | |
| Absent Creek Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Another Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Boot Soul Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Camp Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| County Road Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Crivitz Gravel Deposit # 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Crivitz Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Crivitz Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Crivitz Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Middle Inlet in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Middle Inlet | $8,000 | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Middle Inlet | $2,000 | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Hail | Middle Inlet | - | Tennis ball size hail fell in Middle Inlet. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| June 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Middle Inlet | - | A tornado formed at 6:34 pm CDT near Middle Inlet in central Marinette County and tracked northeast before dissipating at 6:41 pm near Wausaukee. Total path length is estimated to be 6.601 miles long, with a width of 200 yards. Peak wind estimated to be around 93 mph. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Middle Inlet | - | Quarter size hail fell near Middle Inlet. |
| June 2000 | Hail | Middle Inlet | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Middle Inlet | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Middle Inlet | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Middle Inlet | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Middle Inlet | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweetheart City | 1.5 miles | 9 | |
| Crivitz | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Wausaukee | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Loomis | 8.4 miles | 10 | |
| Athelstane | 10.6 miles | 8 | |
| Beaver | 10.7 miles | 10 | |
| Cedarville | 11.2 miles | 9 | |
| Goll | 12.8 miles | 9 |
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 Middle Inlet | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6841460 | 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 1569420. 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.







