Poniatowski, Wisconsin
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Rietbrock town. The Survey maps it on the Edgar quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 7 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.
- 1902 USGS Marathon quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Marathon quadrangle1:48000
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Marathon quadrangle1:62500
- 1981 USGS Edgar quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Wausau quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
16 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Poniatowski between 1996 and 2020, burning about 18 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 90220 |
| 8 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 61518 |
| 1 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 60118 |
| 1 May 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 705 |
| 28 April 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 April 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 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 25 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Poniatowski: 12 occurrences, 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athens Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Athens Gravel Pit #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Athens Gravel Pit #4 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Black Creek Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Frank Drewek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kildeer Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Rib Falls Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Rib Falls Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Swallow Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Aspen Road Granite Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
5 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Poniatowski in 5 storm reports between 2016 and 2024: 2 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Poniatowski | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds destroyed a 100 foot by 60 foot pole barn west of Edgar. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| June 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Poniatowski | $5,000 | A brief tornado produced minor damage at a farm near Poniatowski. An old barn was pushed over by winds estimated at 60 mph. The tornado was rated EF0 and was on the ground for less than a tenth of a mile. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Poniatowski | - | Three inch hail fell in Poniatowski. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Poniatowski | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees near Poniatowski. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Poniatowski | - | Quarter size hail fell east of Athens. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schnappsville | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Edgar | 4.9 miles | 7 | |
| Athens | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Rib Falls | 5.0 miles | 7 | |
| Wuertsburg | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Wien | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Corinth | 7.7 miles | 8 | |
| Swan | 8.0 miles | 12 |
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 Poniatowski | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4372145 | 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 1571749. 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.





