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Port Wing, Wisconsin

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Port Wing town. It lies in ZIP code area 54865. It stands on Larson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Port Wing quadrangle.

Port Wing within Bayfield 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

33 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Port Wing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 198 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony5
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
24 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesKLAUNG RD
13 August 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesWASHOUT FIRE
3 July 2015Recreation and ceremony7.9 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesBEACH FIRE
19 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesQUARRY POINT
13 June 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 May 1994Debris and open burning1.6 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 May 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesBEACH FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bayfield County

Storms near this place

23 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Port Wing in 23 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 1 flood. 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
April 2023FloodPort Wing$16,000Warm temperatures early in April led to rapid snowmelt of a well above normal snowpack across the region. Additionally, heavy rainfall on top of the snowpack led to additional high runoff across the county as well. Roads began to be impacted on the 11th with water overtopping low spots leading to washouts and failed culverts. Temperatures cooled during the middle of the month along with a heavy snow event the 16th into the 17th. This allowed the runoff to slow and water levels to drop. However, water levels rose again later in the month as this new snow melted as well. Numerous road closures were reported across the entire county due to failed culverts, washouts and gravel roads being washed away. Multiple communities in addition to the county issued disaster declarations due to the extent of washed out roads. Damage estimates were not readily available from the county for the most part. High water continued to impact homes, driveways and farm fields into the latter portion of the month.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindPort Wing-Port Wing station PNGW3 recorded a gust of 61 mph.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindPort Wing-One large birch tree was down partially across Highway 13.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindPort Wing-Two medium spruce trees were snapped near their bases.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindPort Wing-A bush was toppled and several tree branches were down.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindPort Wing-Multiple trees were reported down in Port Wing.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindPort Wing-Photos were received showing multiple 20 to 30 inch diameter trees that were snapped along with a few spruce trees that were uprooted.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindPort Wing-Trees were downed onto the road along Highway 13 between Port Wing and the Bayfield/Douglas County Line.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindPort Wing-A tree was blown down along Highway 13 in Port Wing.
May 2017HailPort Wing-A post office employee reported half dollar sized hail with enough on the ground to scoop up with his hands.
May 2017HailPort Wing-There was a photograph of numerous large hailstones, the largest being 1.8 inches in diameter.
May 2012HailPort Wing-The hail covered the ground.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindPort Wing-Measured at Port Wing, WI.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindPort Wing-Trees and limbs were blown down by the strong thunderstorm winds in an area from two to eight miles west of Port Wing.
June 2018HailPort Wing-no account filed
May 2012HailPort Wing-no account filed
July 2007Thunderstorm WindPort Wing-no account filed
July 2007Thunderstorm WindPort Wing-no account filed
July 2007Thunderstorm WindPort Wing-no account filed
July 2006HailPort Wing-no account filed
July 2006HailPort Wing-no account filed
September 2002HailPort Wing-no account filed
September 1997Thunderstorm WindPort Wing-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bayfield 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
Herbster7.8 miles10
Oulu12.4 miles10
Bark Point13.1 miles8
Iron River14.6 miles13
Muskeg15.1 miles13
Topside15.3 miles12
Cornucopia16.0 miles12
Wills18.2 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1571798. 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.

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.