Minocqua, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Minocqua town. It lies in ZIP code area 54548. It lies near Kline Island. The Survey maps it on the Hazelhurst quadrangle. 411 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,608 feet above sea level.
On record in Minocqua
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 4 records
- Ella M. Boesel Boathouselisted 1997
- Phillip Orth Boathouselisted 2005
- Texaco Service Stationlisted 2023
- Luther and Anna Walter Boathouselisted 2005
Population over time
2 figuresMinocqua fell from 451 to 411 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 451 | |
| 2020 | 411 | -40 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1938 USGS Minocqua quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Minocqua quadrangle1:48000
- 1949 USGS Minocqua quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Minocqua quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Hazelhurst quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Rhinelander quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
170 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 170 fires within 5 miles of Minocqua between 1992 and 2020, burning about 42 acres in total. None started naturally. 17 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 | 54 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | NORTH BAY FIRE |
| 15 August 1994 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Minocqua: 10 occurrences, 9 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnett Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Blue Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Bolger Lake Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Bolger Lake Gravel Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Bolger Lake Gravel Deposit #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Carrol Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Clawson Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Curtis Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hazelhurst Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hungry Lake Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
27 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Minocqua in 27 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 12 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 3 lightning, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2016 | Lightning | Minocqua | 1 killed | A 66-year-old man was struck by lightning outside his residence on Tanglewood Court in Minocqua. He was first taken to Howard Young Medical Center, then transported to St. Claire's Hospital in Weston. From there, he was taken to a burn center in Madison where he died from his injuries. |
| July 1997 | Hail | Minocqua | $300,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Tornado (F1) | Minocqua | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minocqua | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed large trees in the Minocqua area. Some of the trees landed on buildings. The time of this event was estimated based on radar data. |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minocqua | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Minocqua | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Minocqua | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Minocqua | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minocqua | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 2024 | Hail | Minocqua | - | Penny size hail fell in Minocqua. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minocqua | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Minocqua. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minocqua | - | Thunderstorm winds downed 4 to 6 inch diameter trees. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minocqua | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Minocqua. |
| September 2014 | Hail | Minocqua | - | Thunderstorms produced hail up to quarter size in Minocqua. |
| June 2012 | Heavy Rain | Minocqua | - | Heavy rain caused street flooding near the Oneida and Vilas County line. Weather observers reported one to three inches of rain in less than three hours. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minocqua | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and knocked out power in the Minocqua area. |
| July 2000 | Lightning | Minocqua | - | Garage destroyed and vehicle damaged |
| July 2007 | Hail | Minocqua | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Lightning | Minocqua | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minocqua | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | Minocqua | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minocqua | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minocqua | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minocqua | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minocqua | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Minocqua | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Minocqua | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodruff | 1.8 miles | 12 | |
| Rantz | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Hazelhurst | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Sunflower | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Lake Tomahawk | 7.4 miles | 12 | |
| Goodnow | 12.2 miles | 12 | |
| McNaughton | 13.0 miles | 12 | |
| Harshaw | 14.5 miles | 12 |
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 Minocqua | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6868956 | 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 1569580. 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.







