Morgan, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Morgan town. It lies in ZIP code area 54154. The Survey maps it on the Oconto Falls South quadrangle. It stands 791 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Oconto Falls quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1974 USGS Oconto Falls South quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Shawano quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
75 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Morgan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 160 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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 | 33 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2001 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 July 2015 | Fireworks | 8.6 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MORGAN MARSH RD FIRE |
| 30 July 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 July 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 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 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Morgan: 5 producers, 4 past producers, 3 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peters Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Church Road Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Church Road Gravel Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Green Valley Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kraczwski Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Krakow Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Paitz Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pensaukee River Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Peters Trucking Co,Incperrets Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pierett Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morgan in 2 storm reports in 2014: 1 lightning, 1 hail. The reports record 2 deaths. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2014 | Lightning | Morgan | 2 killed | Lightning from a thunderstorm that quickly developed west of Abrams killed two men working on a tree house at a home on County Road E in the Town of Morgan. The men were struck by lightning from the storm as it passed about two miles to their south. One of the men, a 27-year-old, was killed instantly. The other, a 31-year-old, was taken to a Green Bay hospital and died of his injuries on August 6th. |
| October 2014 | Hail | Morgan | - | Quarter size hail fell about 5 miles west of Abrams. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sampson | 2.0 miles | 8 | |
| Chase | 5.5 miles | 6 | |
| Oconto Falls | 6.1 miles | 8 | |
| Abrams | 7.0 miles | 8 | |
| South Chase | 7.5 miles | 6 | |
| Sobieski | 8.0 miles | 6 | |
| Stiles | 8.8 miles | 8 | |
| Sobieski Corners | 8.9 miles | 6 |
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 Morgan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6911535 | 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 1569725. 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.



