Mole Lake, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Nashville town. It lies in ZIP code area 54520. It stands on Gliske Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mole Lake quadrangle.
On record in Mole Lake
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Dinesen-Motzfeldt-Hettinger Log Houselisted 2005 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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 Pearson quadrangle1:48000
- 1950 USGS Lily quadrangle1:48000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Mole Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Wabeno quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
87 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Mole Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 42 acres in total. None started naturally. 16 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 | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 September 1998 | Smoking | 5.6 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | PILE |
| 9 July 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Great Lakes Agency | IND SET RD |
| 5 July 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.7 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | JACK PINE LANE |
| 4 July 2009 | Fireworks | under an acre | Great Lakes Agency | BALL DIAMOND |
| 3 July 1995 | Fireworks | under an acre | Great Lakes Agency | 64 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Mole Lake: 1 unknown, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crandon Zn - Cu Deposit | Copper, Zinc, Lead, Gold, Silver | Prospect | 1975 | |
| Mole Lake Prospect | Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold | Unknown |
Storms near this place
5 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mole Lake in 5 storm reports between 2000 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mole Lake | $100,000 | Thunderstorms winds downed numerous trees and several miles of power lines blocking most of the roads in the southern Forest County town of Nashville. At least ten houses and two out buildings sustained at least minor damage from the fallen trees. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Mole Lake | - | Golf ball size hail fell near Mole Lake. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mole Lake | - | High winds from thunderstorms downed isolated trees in Mole Lake. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mole Lake | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Mole Lake | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Keith (historical) | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Crandon | 7.7 miles | 11 | |
| Woodlawn | 9.2 miles | 11 | |
| Wisconsin Junction | 12.8 miles | 11 | |
| Atkins | 13.0 miles | 9 | |
| Argonne | 13.6 miles | 11 | |
| Hiles | 15.5 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1569643. 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.





