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Parnell, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Mitchell town. It lies in ZIP code area 53011. It stands on Parnell Esker. The Survey maps it on the Cascade quadrangle. It stands 1,086 feet above sea level.

Parnell within Sheboygan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

14 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Parnell between 2018 and 2020, burning about 20 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2

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
8 July 2018Debris and open burning3.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2183
7 July 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1956
7 May 2018Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1481
23 May 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1470
30 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources201834
29 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1378
27 April 2018Smoking4.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1340
26 April 2020Debris and open burning3.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1325

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sheboygan County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Parnell: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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
Bucholz PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cascade PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Skelton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Southwest Area OperationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Sheboygan County

Storms near this place

7 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Parnell in 7 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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 2018Thunderstorm WindParnell$1,400,000A swath of widespread tree and crop damage across the southern portion of the county. Sections of trees and crops completely flattened, and some structural damage from fallen trees or due to the strong downburst winds. Various roads closed due to fallen trees. Two semi-trucks were overturned on highway 57 in Waldo. The widespread wind damage and tornadoes caused structural damage to many homes with 70 homes sustaining affected damage, 3 homes with minor damage, 2 homes with major damage, one home destroyed, and 2 businesses with minor damage.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindParnell$8,000Scattered tree damage reported throughout the county but most concentrated in the Township of Mitchell.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindParnell$7,000Several trees down between Plymouth and Random Lake, and across western portions of Sheboygan County.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindParnell$2,000Trees blown down and blocking the intersection of Highway 67 and Watercress Road.
June 2024FloodParnell$1,000The intersection of highway 67 and County Road U was closed due to flooding.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindParnell-Large tree limbs downed.
August 2018Tornado (EF1)Parnell-Tornado was 1 of 19 tornadoes that occurred across central to east central Wisconsin on the afternoon of August 28th. This tornado ended just north of Cascade and destroyed a horse barn near County Road N and S. Widespread straight line winds caused significant tree and crop damage across the county as well.

Every storm recorded in Sheboygan 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
Cascade5.0 miles12
Beechwood5.2 miles11
Batavia5.6 miles11
Cranberry Marsh6.6 miles11
Gooseville6.9 miles11
Greenbush7.6 miles10
Waldo8.0 miles9
New Paris8.2 miles9

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 ParnellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7139313The 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 1571063. 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.