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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1955 USGS Kewaskum quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Cascade quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Fond Du Lac quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
14 since 2018Regional 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 burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2183 |
| 7 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1956 |
| 7 May 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1481 |
| 23 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1470 |
| 30 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 201834 |
| 29 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1378 |
| 27 April 2018 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1340 |
| 26 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1325 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bucholz Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cascade Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Skelton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Southwest Area Operation | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2013Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parnell | $1,400,000 | A 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parnell | $8,000 | Scattered tree damage reported throughout the county but most concentrated in the Township of Mitchell. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parnell | $7,000 | Several trees down between Plymouth and Random Lake, and across western portions of Sheboygan County. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parnell | $2,000 | Trees blown down and blocking the intersection of Highway 67 and Watercress Road. |
| June 2024 | Flood | Parnell | $1,000 | The intersection of highway 67 and County Road U was closed due to flooding. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parnell | - | Large tree limbs downed. |
| August 2018 | Tornado (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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cascade | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Beechwood | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Batavia | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Cranberry Marsh | 6.6 miles | 11 | |
| Gooseville | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Greenbush | 7.6 miles | 10 | |
| Waldo | 8.0 miles | 9 | |
| New Paris | 8.2 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 Parnell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7139313 | 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 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.




