Niagara, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Niagara City. It lies in ZIP code area 54151. The Survey maps it on the Norway quadrangle. 1,602 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Population over time
2 figuresNiagara fell from 1,624 to 1,602 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,624 | |
| 2020 | 1,602 | -22 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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 Escanaba quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Norway quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Norway quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
118 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Niagara between 1992 and 2020, burning about 409 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 17 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 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | FINKLER FIRE |
| 17 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BREITUNG TOWNSHIP FD 2019-44 - 2019 |
| 16 August 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IRON MOUNTAIN FD 0000174 - 2020 |
| 11 August 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | DITCH FIRE |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 31 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Niagara: 22 past producers, 6 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niagara Greenstone Deposit | Stone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Caspian Const Co Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fayas Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Feeder Creek Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Jackie Foster, Inc. Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Marinette County Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Morisini Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Niagara Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Niagara Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Quiet Valley Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Niagara in 12 storm reports between 2000 and 2020: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 flash flood. 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Niagara | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed large trees around Niagara. A 3 foot diameter maple tree crashed down on a Niagara house, causing severe structural damage to its roof. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Niagara | $10,000 | Heavy rain, from multiple storms, partially washed out Brook Street and left standing water on Highway 141. The time of this event is estimated. A COOP observer in Norway, Michigan, less than 5 miles east of Niagara, reported a storm total of 2.2 inches of rain, including 1.1 inches in one hour. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Niagara | - | Nickel size hail fell near Niagara. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Niagara | - | Half dollar size hail fell near Niagara. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Niagara | - | A thunderstorm dropped quarter size hail on Highway 141 near Niagara. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Niagara | - | Quarter size hail fell near Niagara though most of the hailstones were pea to marble size. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Niagara | - | A spotter reported nickel size hail coving the ground. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Niagara | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Niagara | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Flood | Niagara | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Niagara | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Flood | Niagara | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pembine | 9.4 miles | 11 | |
| Kremlin (historical) | 11.5 miles | 11 | |
| Dunbar | 12.5 miles | 10 | |
| Beecher | 12.6 miles | 11 | |
| Beecher Lake | 14.0 miles | 11 | |
| White Pine Haven | 17.8 miles | 11 | |
| Amberg | 18.5 miles | 11 | |
| Goodman | 21.3 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 Niagara | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1569510 | 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 1570272. 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.





