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Parrish, Wisconsin

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Parrish town. It lies in ZIP code area 54435. It stands on Fish Creek. The Survey maps it on the Parrish quadrangle. It stands 1,601 feet above sea level.

Parrish within Langlade 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

29 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Parrish between 1998 and 2020, burning about 14 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism3
Other causes1
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
7 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 September 2018Other causesunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesLON BASCO LANE
26 September 1999Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 August 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 June 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in Langlade County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Parrish: 4 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. 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
Callsen Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Parrish Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Parrish Sand Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Parrish Sand Deposit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Payne Spring Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Stevens Pond Creek Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Stevens Pond Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect

Every working recorded in Langlade County

Storms near this place

5 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Parrish in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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
April 2011Tornado (EF1)Parrish$1,000,000A tornado formed about five miles south of Parrish at 6:50 pm CDT (1750 CST) and moved just east of north for a little over five miles. The tornado affected about 1600 acres of hardwood and softwood trees. It was estimated that over one million trees were snapped, uprooted, or suffered serious damage (DI 27, DOD 3-4). The loss to timber alone is estimated at over one million dollars. One cabin was destroyed by fallen trees. The tornado was seen by a storm chaser at 6:55 pm CDT. The average width of the tornado was 250 yards.
July 2020Flash FloodParrish$318,500Thunderstorms dumped 4 to 8 inches of rain over Langlade County during the morning hours. This caused several roads to be closed due to flash flooding as well as culverts becoming full or washed out across much of Langlade County. Several roads and culverts were damaged as a result of the flooding with several towns declaring disasters.
July 2024HailParrish-Quarter size hail fell near Parrish. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindParrish-Thunderstorm winds downed at least a dozen trees east of Parrish.
July 2013Tornado (EF0)Parrish-A tornado formed near the Lincoln/Langlade County line and moved east shortly after 3:30 PM CDT. The tornado track was not continuous and damage was restricted to trees, tree limbs (DI 28, DOD 2-3) and power lines. The average path width was 75 yards.

Every storm recorded in Langlade 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
Bavaria7.6 miles11
Summit Lake11.4 miles10
Elcho11.7 miles10
Koepenick13.8 miles10
Ormsby13.8 miles11
Kempster15.4 miles10
Post Lake17.1 miles11
Deerbrook18.3 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 ParrishAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7139806The 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 1571065. 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.