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Peplin, Wisconsin

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Kronenwetter Village. The Survey maps it on the Peplin quadrangle.

Peplin within Marathon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

73 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Peplin between 1992 and 2019, burning about 61 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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
Equipment and vehicle use19
Debris and open burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Smoking6
Arson/incendiarism6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
3 August 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesFAIR
9 July 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 July 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.8 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 July 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 July 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 June 1999Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 June 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marathon County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Peplin: 3 occurrences, 2 past producers. 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
Gardner Park Road Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Happy Hollow Road Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Happy Hollow Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mosinee Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Nelson Road Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Marathon County

Storms near this place

2 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Peplin in 2 storm reports between 2007 and 2021: 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2007Tornado (EF2)Peplin$343,000The first tornado of the outbreak formed 9.4 miles east of Mosinee at 4:01 PM CDT. The storm moved across eastern Marathon County where it heavily damaged 2 homes (DI 2, DOD 6), 1 mobile home (DI 4, DOD 9) and 10 barns; caused major damage to 1 home; did minor damage to 6 homes and 1 business; and snapped or uprooted many trees (DI 27, DOD 4). The tornado dissipated near Pike Lake at 4:14 PM CDT. The average path width of the tornado was 150 yards. The tornado was rated EF2 with estimated winds of 115 to 125 mph.
July 2021Tornado (EF0)Peplin-A brief tornado formed at 9:18 pm CDT west of Bevent in Marathon County and continued southeast before dissipating at 9:19 pm CDT. The tornado produced damage to trees (DI 28, DOD 2,3) and a power pole (DI 24, DOD 2). Total path length is estimated to be 0.22 miles long, with a width of 100 yards. Peak wind estimated to be around 85 mph.

Every storm recorded in Marathon 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
Kronenwetter2.9 miles10
Evergreen4.0 miles10
Mosinee4.5 miles10
Rocky Corners5.0 miles7
Knowlton5.9 miles8
Ashley6.5 miles7
Rothschild7.0 miles12
Weston8.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1571194. 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.