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Odanah, Wisconsin

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Sanborn town. It lies in ZIP code area 54806. It stands on White River. The Survey maps it on the Odanah quadrangle.

Odanah within Ashland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

43 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Odanah between 1994 and 2020, burning about 97 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Arson/incendiarism8
Debris and open burning7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Fireworks4
Other causes2
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

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 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 September 2003Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGreat Lakes AgencyBIA
30 September 2012Other causesunder an acreGreat Lakes AgencyOAK STREET
8 July 2001Fireworksunder an acreGreat Lakes Agency2 LANDING
8 July 2001Fireworksunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesOAK POINT
28 July 2003Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGreat Lakes Agency3WASHTUB
23 July 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in Ashland County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Odanah: 1 occurrence. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Honest John Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Ashland County

Storms near this place

16 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Odanah in 16 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2010Thunderstorm WindOdanah$3,000Trees were blown down onto roads.
April 2011HailOdanah$1,500Oblong and spiky hail stones up to 3 inches in diameter fell near the town of Odanah.
July 2016Flash FloodOdanah$1,000Flash flooding along the Denomie Creek washed out a portion of Highway 2.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindOdanah-A tree fell onto a powerline causing a power outage.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindOdanah-Eleven trees were down across Bad River reservation roadways that had to be removed by road crews.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindOdanah-Trees were down onto powerlines between the casino and Lake Road.
July 2019Flash FloodOdanah-Water to a depth of 6 inches was flowing across Maple Street near Kinnickinnic Street and Denomie Creek.
August 2018Flash FloodOdanah-Denomie Creek overflowed its banks and was flowing over Maple Street near the Bad River Casino.
May 2013FloodOdanah-The Bad River flooded parts of the Odanah, Mellen areas and Glidden areas.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindOdanah-Sporadic wind damage was reported, especially along the Rt 2 corridor.
June 2023HailOdanah-no account filed
August 2012HailOdanah-no account filed
August 2012HailOdanah-no account filed
April 2011HailOdanah-no account filed
April 2011HailOdanah-no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindOdanah-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ashland 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
Birch8.0 miles11
White River9.6 miles11
Ashland10.0 miles13
Old Fort11.1 miles10
Middleport12.1 miles10
La Pointe12.7 miles10
Marengo14.3 miles11
Minersville14.9 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1570746. 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.