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Morgan, Wisconsin

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Red Springs town. It lies in ZIP code area 54128. It stands on Smith Creek. The Survey maps it on the Neopit quadrangle. It stands 997 feet above sea level.

Morgan within Shawano County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

108 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Morgan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 99 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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 burning30
Equipment and vehicle use17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Fireworks11
Recreation and ceremony9
Arson/incendiarism7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking4
Other causes4
Natural2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 August 2008Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 August 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shawano County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Morgan: 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gresham Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
O and S PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Shawano County PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wohler Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Wohler Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Shawano County

Storms near this place

11 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morgan in 11 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 10 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2013Thunderstorm WindMorgan$75,000A severe thunderstorm with estimated winds of 85 to 95 mph, caused damage to trees and two houses in Gresham. Both houses lost portions of the roof deck, in addition to several dozen trees on the property.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindMorgan$10,000no account filed
September 1997Thunderstorm WindMorgan$1,000no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindMorgan-Thunderstorm winds uprooted multiple trees near Big Lake. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindMorgan-Thunderstorm winds uprooted numerous trees northeast of Bowler. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindMorgan-Thunderstorm winds flattened numerous trees southwest of Neopit. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
May 2015Tornado (EF0)Morgan-A weak tornado, rated EF0, formed at 3:31 PM CDT and produced intermittent damage along a nearly five mile long path, dissipating at 3:40 PM CDT. At least a dozen trees along the path sustained damage (DI 28, DOD 1-3) and a barn lost several shingles (DI 1, DOD 1).
August 2011Thunderstorm WindMorgan-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines east of Bowler.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindMorgan-Thunderstorm winds downed trees on the Stockbridge Indian Reservation.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindMorgan-Trees down near the Menominee County line.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindMorgan-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Shawano County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Gresham2.9 miles7
Lyndhurst3.0 miles7
Tilleda6.6 miles7
Red River7.6 miles8
Leopolis8.1 miles7
Bowler8.5 miles7
Almon9.0 miles7
Thornton9.3 miles8

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 MorganAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6911542The 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 1569726. 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.