Pembine, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Pembine town. It lies in ZIP code area 54156. The Survey maps it on the Pembine quadrangle. 188 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 971 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresPembine fell from 193 to 188 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 193 | |
| 2020 | 188 | -5 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1939 USGS Pembine quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Pembine quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Pembine quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Pembine quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
160 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 160 fires within 5 miles of Pembine between 1992 and 2020, burning about 234 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined | 45 |
| Debris and open burning | 35 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | FRIDAY FIRE |
| 1 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 August 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 August 2013 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | YUKON FIRE |
| 10 August 2014 | Fireworks | 2.1 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | JACK PINE |
| 10 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.4 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 August 1997 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 August 2008 | Natural | 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 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Pembine: 11 past producers, 10 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beecher Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Beecher Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Circle Drive Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dixon Lane Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| East Cataline Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Headquarters Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Headquarters Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lindquist Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Lindquist Lake Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Lindquist Lake Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pembine in 9 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1999 | Lightning | Pembine | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Hail | Pembine | - | Quarter size hail fell near Pembine. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pembine | - | Thunderstorm winds downed multiple trees in Pembine. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pembine | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees near Pembine. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pembine | - | A thunderstorm downed a few trees on County Highway O. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pembine | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in the Pembine and Amberg areas. The time of this event was estimated based on radar data. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pembine | - | Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees in the Pembine area. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Pembine | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Pembine | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beecher | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Beecher Lake | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Kremlin (historical) | 7.8 miles | 11 | |
| Amberg | 9.1 miles | 11 | |
| Niagara | 9.4 miles | 11 | |
| Dunbar | 9.6 miles | 10 | |
| White Pine Haven | 11.5 miles | 11 | |
| Cedarville | 12.5 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 Pembine | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7161925 | 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 1571162. 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.







