Morse, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 2005. It stands in Gordon town. It lies in ZIP code area 54527. It stands on Spillerberg Creek. The Survey maps it on the Morse quadrangle. It stands 1,529 feet above sea level.
On record in Morse
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Copper Falls State Parklisted 2005
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 10 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.
- 1942 USGS Glidden quadrangle1:48000
- 1945 USGS Glidden quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Glidden quadrangle1:62500
- 1980 USGS Ironwood quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Morse quadrangle1:24000
- 2005 USGS Morse quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
27 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Morse between 1992 and 2020, burning about 19 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was 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 | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | PIT |
| 18 June 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | BAD RIVER |
| 15 June 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MEDER LAKE |
| 14 June 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | ZEILKE |
| 6 May 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.4 acres | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | ZIELKE LAKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Morse: 7 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borman Rd Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Cayuga Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Dryden Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Gordon Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Spillerberg Creek Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Torrey Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Waldemar Hanson Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Zielke Rd Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morse in 1 storm report in 2010: 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 2010 | Tornado (EF2) | Morse | - | There was significant damage to trees near Dry Lake Road, with evidence suggesting EF2 tornado damage. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cayuga | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Glidden | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Tannery Town | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| Shanagolden | 7.2 miles | 11 | |
| Mellen | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| White City | 7.4 miles | 12 | |
| Foster Junction | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Peeksville | 10.0 miles | 9 |
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 Morse | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6914236 | 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 1579920. 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.







