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Packwaukee, Wisconsin

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Packwaukee town. It lies in ZIP code area 53949. It stands on Mad River. The Survey maps it on the Packwaukee quadrangle.

Packwaukee within Marquette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

235 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 235 fires within 5 miles of Packwaukee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 283 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 15 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 burning83
Equipment and vehicle use66
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Arson/incendiarism15
Other causes11
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Fireworks4
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
28 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 September 1999Other causesunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesSPIT FIRE 1
2 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 September 1996Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesHWY 23 & 10TH
15 September 2004Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marquette 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 Packwaukee: 1 plant. All of them still produce. 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
Oxford Wash PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant

Every working recorded in Marquette County

Storms near this place

12 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Packwaukee in 12 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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
June 2004Tornado (F2)Packwaukee$1,000,000A strong tornado spun up about a half-mile east of Interstate 39/STH 51, near the intersection of Fawn Ct. and CTH M, or 3.5 NNW of Packwaukee. This tornado increased to F2 strength (estimated 140-150 mph) as it tore east/southeast through the southern part of Montello. Numerous trees were uprooted. Four homes were destroyed, 25 sustained major damage, and 142 had minor damage. In addition, 9 agricultural buildings were damaged or destroyed. The tornado ended in a swampy, Fox River bottom-land area about 4 miles southeast of Montello (1 mile short of the county line and south of CTH C and east STH 22). The responsible supercell also spun up a different tornado earlier in Adams County. Prop damage estimated at $1.0 M. Average path width was about 175 yards.
May 2004Flash FloodPackwaukee$50,000no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindPackwaukee$20,000Numerous trees down throughout the county.
September 2018FloodPackwaukee$5,000Highway D, which crosses Buffalo Lake and connects two sections of Packwaukee, was closed as a portion of the road was washed out by several inches of rain. This required residents to travel 1 hour around the lake to reach the other section of Packwaukee.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindPackwaukee$2,000no account filed
July 2014Thunderstorm WindPackwaukee$1,000Severe straight line winds knocked down several trees onto County Road K. Other isolated reports of branches and trees down were received from south of Oxford east to near Packwaukee, but the wind speeds were likely below 58 mph.
August 2018Tornado (EF1)Packwaukee-Tornado was 1 of 19 tornadoes that occurred across central to east central Wisconsin on the afternoon of August 28th. This tornado went just south of Buffalo Lake and crossed County Rd D. Multiple trees uprooted and topped. Widespread straight line winds caused significant tree and crop damage across the county as well.
August 2020HailPackwaukee-no account filed
July 2007HailPackwaukee-no account filed
August 2006HailPackwaukee-no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindPackwaukee-no account filed
June 2000Funnel CloudPackwaukee-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marquette 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
Buffalo Shore Estates1.7 miles12
Endeavor3.3 miles12
Glen Oak5.3 miles12
Oxford6.2 miles11
Douglas Center6.7 miles15
Montello7.6 miles10
Harrisville8.4 miles10
Westfield8.5 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1570986. 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.