Pelican Lake, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Schoepke town. It lies in ZIP code area 54463. It lies near Antigo Island. The Survey maps it on the Elcho quadrangle. It stands 1,601 feet above sea level.
On record in Pelican Lake
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Pelican Lake Hotellisted 2013 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1942 USGS Elcho quadrangle1:48000
- 1950 USGS Elcho quadrangle1:48000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Elcho quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Merrill quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
77 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Pelican Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 53 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | ESCAPE CAMPFIRE |
| 25 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | OLD ELCHO |
| 9 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 August 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Pelican Lake: 8 past producers, 7 occurrences. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Enterprise Lake Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Guths Bay Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lower First Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Otter Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pelican Lake Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Pelican Lake Gravel Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Pelican Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pelican Lake Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Pelican Lake Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pelican Lake in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pelican Lake | $100,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several six to eight inch diameter trees at Pelican Lake. |
| September 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Pelican Lake | $65,500 | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Pelican Lake | $50,000 | Half dollar size hail fell at Pelican Lake. |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pelican Lake | $25,000 | no account filed |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pelican Lake | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Pelican Lake. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Pelican Lake | - | Hail that was at least 2 inches in diameter fell at Pelican Lake. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Pelican Lake | - | Hail shaped like eggs. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pelican Lake | - | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down about a dozen trees between Pelican Lake and Monico. |
| July 2003 | Flash Flood | Pelican Lake | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pelican Lake | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Flood | Pelican Lake | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pratt Junction | 1.2 miles | 10 | |
| Enterprise | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Jennings | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Lennox | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Monico | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Malvern | 9.8 miles | 9 | |
| Gagen | 11.4 miles | 9 | |
| Starks | 11.7 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 Pelican Lake | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7161405 | 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 1571153. 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.





