Peshtigo, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Peshtigo City. It lies in ZIP code area 54157. It stands on Trout Creek. The Survey maps it on the Marinette West quadrangle. 3,420 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 604 feet above sea level.
On record in Peshtigo
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 1 record
Peshtigo Fire Cemeterylisted 1970
Population over time
2 figuresPeshtigo fell from 3,502 to 3,420 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 | 3,502 | |
| 2020 | 3,420 | -82 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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 Marinette quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Marinette quadrangle1:62500
- 1963 USGS Marinette West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Marinette quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
182 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 182 fires within 5 miles of Peshtigo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 91 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 9 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 | 63 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Fireworks | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.2 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 August 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 August 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 August 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | CHERRY COKE |
| 24 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | PANTS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Peshtigo: 5 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 unknown, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackie Foster Inc.Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Marinette Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Marinette Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Nob Hill Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Park Point Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Peshtigo Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Rade Macker Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Sandy Hill Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Trout Creek Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
29 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Peshtigo in 29 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 15 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 1 lightning, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peshtigo | $25,000 | A camper was tipped over and a 4 foot diameter tree blown down which crushed a van. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peshtigo | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused tree and power line damage throughout Peshtigo. One tree fell on a garage and another damaged a fence. The most concentrated tree damage was near Peshtigo High School and along Maple Street. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peshtigo | $6,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees near Peshtigo. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peshtigo | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Hail | Peshtigo | - | Nickel size hail fell in Peshtigo. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| August 2022 | Hail | Peshtigo | - | Nickel size hail fell near Peshtigo. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Peshtigo | - | Half dollar size hail fell near Peshtigo. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peshtigo | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Peshtigo. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peshtigo | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Peshtigo. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peshtigo | - | Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees near County Road VV in Peshtigo. Some of the trees took down power lines as they fell. |
| October 2014 | Hail | Peshtigo | - | Hail, as large as walnut size at times, fell for 8 minutes at Peshtigo, leaving the ground covered with hailstones 2 to 3 inches deep. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Peshtigo | - | Thunderstorms produced walnut size hail at Peshtigo. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peshtigo | - | Law enforcement reported numerous trees and power lines were knocked down across the entire county. The worst damage occurred in Peshtigo. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peshtigo | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Peshtigo. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Peshtigo | - | Hail up to half dollar size was reported north of Peshtigo. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Peshtigo | - | At Highway 64 and Bagley Road. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peshtigo | - | Many trees down in Grover Township. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Peshtigo | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Peshtigo | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peshtigo | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Peshtigo | - | no account filed |
| September 2004 | Hail | Peshtigo | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peshtigo | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Peshtigo | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Lightning | Peshtigo | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peshtigo | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Peshtigo | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peshtigo | - | no account filed |
| September 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peshtigo | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| May Corner | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Bagley Junction | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Wilcox | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Marinette | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Porterfield | 7.3 miles | 10 | |
| Rubys Corner | 8.6 miles | 9 | |
| Walsh | 8.7 miles | 10 |
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 Peshtigo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1017578 | 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 1571243. 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.






