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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1954 USGS Gresham quadrangle1:48000
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Gresham quadrangle1:62500
- 1982 USGS Neopit quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Shawano quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
108 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Fireworks | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 August 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 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
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gresham Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| O and S Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Shawano County Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Wohler Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Wohler Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morgan | $75,000 | A 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 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morgan | $10,000 | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morgan | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morgan | - | Thunderstorm winds uprooted multiple trees near Big Lake. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morgan | - | Thunderstorm winds uprooted numerous trees northeast of Bowler. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morgan | - | Thunderstorm winds flattened numerous trees southwest of Neopit. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morgan | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines east of Bowler. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morgan | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees on the Stockbridge Indian Reservation. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morgan | - | Trees down near the Menominee County line. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morgan | - | 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.
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 Q6911542 | 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 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.




