Namekagon, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 2005. It stands in Namakagon town. It lies in ZIP code area 54821. It stands on Castle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Namekagon Lake quadrangle. It stands 1,404 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1943 USGS Namekagon Lake quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Namekagon Lake quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Namekagon Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Solon Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 2005 USGS Namekagon Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
37 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Namekagon between 1994 and 2019, burning about 24 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | MCCLOUD LAKE |
| 2 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | EAGLE POINT |
| 1 September 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | GARDEN LAKE |
| 28 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | CASTLE 2 |
| 31 July 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | OAK |
| 29 July 2007 | Natural | 3.2 acres | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | GHOST CREEK |
| 6 June 2008 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | OK 2 |
| 30 June 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | ROCK LAKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
30 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Namekagon in 30 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 19 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Namekagon | - | Two balsam trees were downed by the storm. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Namekagon | - | Measured by an anemometer located 90 feet above the ground and above the tree tops. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Namekagon | - | Measured by an anemometer located 90 feet above the ground and above the tree tops. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Namekagon | - | Trees were down onto the roadway. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Namekagon | - | An 8-inch diameter tree was downed near Namekagon. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Namekagon | - | Trees were downed onto power lines near Namekagon causing power outages. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Namekagon | - | A 10 to 12 inch diameter birch tree was downed. The tree may not have been the healthiest as the leaves looked worse than they had in previous years. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Namekagon | - | The storm produced damaging winds that led to downed trees and power outages near Namekagon. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Namekagon | - | Power lines were downed by the storm. |
| September 2011 | Hail | Namekagon | - | Nickel size hail completely covered the ground. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Namekagon | - | The hail report is from Lake Five. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Namekagon | - | Strong winds also occurred at the Garmisch Resort. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Namekagon | - | Half dollar size hail covered the ground. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Namekagon | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Namekagon | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Namekagon | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Namekagon | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Namekagon | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Namekagon | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Namekagon | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Namekagon | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Hail | Namekagon | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Namekagon | - | no account filed |
| September 2011 | Hail | Namekagon | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Namekagon | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Namekagon | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Namekagon | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Namekagon | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Namekagon | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Namekagon | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand View | 11.2 miles | 9 | |
| Lake Owen (historical) | 11.7 miles | 13 | |
| Lake Owen | 11.9 miles | 13 | |
| Cable | 13.1 miles | 9 | |
| Drummond | 14.2 miles | 13 | |
| Radspur | 14.6 miles | 9 | |
| Leonards | 14.9 miles | 9 | |
| Mason | 15.4 miles | 8 |
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 Namekagon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6961567 | 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 1579987. 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.
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.






