Moon, Wisconsin
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Mosinee town. The Survey maps it on the Halder quadrangle. It stands 1,250 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 7 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.
- 1902 USGS Marathon quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Marathon quadrangle1:48000
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Marathon quadrangle1:62500
- 1981 USGS Halder quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Wausau quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
58 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Moon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 52 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Other causes | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 July 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 June 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | NOT DEPOT |
| 6 May 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | ANGLERS LANE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Moon: 9 past producers, 3 producers, 2 occurrences. 3 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgewood Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mosinee Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Mosinee Gravel Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Mosinee Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Roszewski Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sandy Lane Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ben Gottschalk Granite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Charneski Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Joseph Banz Granite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ladick & Belanger Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moon in 2 storm reports in 2019: 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Moon | $25,000 | A tornado produced damage to dozens of trees (DI 28, DOD 2,3,4), damaged the roof of an outbuilding (DI 1, DOD 4), and demolished an old barn (DI 1, DOD 6) in the town of Knowlton. Peak winds were estimated near 90 mph. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moon | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Marathon County. County Road O was impassable four miles south of Moon due to fallen trees. |
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.
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 Moon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6907409 | 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 1569688. 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.





