Moquah, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 2005. It stands in Pilsen town. It lies in ZIP code area 54806. It stands on Little Pine Creek. The Survey maps it on the Moquah quadrangle. It stands 850 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1944 USGS Moquah quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Moquah quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Moquah quadrangle1:62500
- 1964 USGS Moquah quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Port Wing quadrangle1:100000
- 2005 USGS Moquah quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
45 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Moquah between 1992 and 2019, burning about 145 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | GRAVEL PIT |
| 18 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | CHERRYVILLE ROAD |
| 4 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BUVULA SPOT |
| 4 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BUVULA RAVINE |
| 29 July 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | RETIREMENT |
| 17 July 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HWY 137 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Moquah: 10 past producers, 5 occurrences, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred J. Schneider Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bayfield County Sand Deposit #4 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Frank Yachinich Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Iron River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| John D. Hare Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| John Lunda Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Joseph Galik Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Joseph J. Mihalk Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Lillian Ottman Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Moquah Grael Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moquah in 5 storm reports between 1999 and 2026: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moquah | - | Numerous trees were down in the vicinity of Fish Creek Hill on Old US 2. Some of the trees were tall pine trees. |
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | Moquah | - | A bridge over south Fish Creek was damaged on US Highway 63 just south of US Highway 2. Both US 2 and US 63 were closed due to cars driving onto flooded roadways and becoming stranded. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moquah | - | Groves of trees were flattened to the west-northwest of Birch Grove Campground near Forest Road 437. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Moquah | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moquah | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benoit | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Ino | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Ashland Junction | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Barksdale | 8.7 miles | 13 | |
| Mason | 9.4 miles | 8 | |
| Sutherland | 10.4 miles | 11 | |
| Pike River | 11.3 miles | 11 | |
| Delta | 12.0 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 Moquah | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6908849 | 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 1579912. 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.







