Pensaukee, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Pensaukee town. It lies in ZIP code area 54153. It stands on Pensaukee River. The Survey maps it on the Pensaukee quadrangle. It stands 584 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Manitowoc quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Oconto quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Manitowoc quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Pensaukee quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Sturgeon Bay quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
80 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Pensaukee between 1993 and 2020, burning about 332 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 August 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 August 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | COUNTY RD. J |
| 31 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 July 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 July 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BELLE BRIDGE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Pensaukee: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shuch Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Oconto County Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Snyder Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pensaukee in 6 storm reports between 1995 and 2020: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pensaukee | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Pensaukee | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Hail | Pensaukee | - | Nickel size hail fell in Pensaukee. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pensaukee | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in the towns of Oconto, Little River and Pensaukee. The time of this event was estimated based on radar data. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Pensaukee | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Pensaukee | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Orchard | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Brookside | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Oconto | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Stiles | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Stiles Junction | 8.2 miles | 8 | |
| Abrams | 8.3 miles | 8 | |
| Little Suamico | 8.9 miles | 6 | |
| Cullen | 10.1 miles | 8 |
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 Pensaukee | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7164723 | 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 1571183. 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.




