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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1943 USGS Odanah quadrangle1:48000
- 1945 USGS Odanah quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Odanah quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Odanah quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
43 since 1994Regional 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 minor | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 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 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 September 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Great Lakes Agency | BIA |
| 30 September 2012 | Other causes | under an acre | Great Lakes Agency | OAK STREET |
| 8 July 2001 | Fireworks | under an acre | Great Lakes Agency | 2 LANDING |
| 8 July 2001 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | OAK POINT |
| 28 July 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Great Lakes Agency | 3WASHTUB |
| 23 July 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honest John Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
16 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odanah | $3,000 | Trees were blown down onto roads. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Odanah | $1,500 | Oblong and spiky hail stones up to 3 inches in diameter fell near the town of Odanah. |
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Odanah | $1,000 | Flash flooding along the Denomie Creek washed out a portion of Highway 2. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odanah | - | A tree fell onto a powerline causing a power outage. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odanah | - | Eleven trees were down across Bad River reservation roadways that had to be removed by road crews. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odanah | - | Trees were down onto powerlines between the casino and Lake Road. |
| July 2019 | Flash Flood | Odanah | - | Water to a depth of 6 inches was flowing across Maple Street near Kinnickinnic Street and Denomie Creek. |
| August 2018 | Flash Flood | Odanah | - | Denomie Creek overflowed its banks and was flowing over Maple Street near the Bad River Casino. |
| May 2013 | Flood | Odanah | - | The Bad River flooded parts of the Odanah, Mellen areas and Glidden areas. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odanah | - | Sporadic wind damage was reported, especially along the Rt 2 corridor. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Odanah | - | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Hail | Odanah | - | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Hail | Odanah | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Odanah | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Odanah | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odanah | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birch | 8.0 miles | 11 | |
| White River | 9.6 miles | 11 | |
| Ashland | 10.0 miles | 13 | |
| Old Fort | 11.1 miles | 10 | |
| Middleport | 12.1 miles | 10 | |
| La Pointe | 12.7 miles | 10 | |
| Marengo | 14.3 miles | 11 | |
| Minersville | 14.9 miles | 11 |
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.






