BlockPortland, Wisconsin
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Portland town. It lies in ZIP code area 54619. The Survey maps it on the Melvina quadrangle. It stands 1,306 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1909 USGS Sparta quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Sparta quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Sparta quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Melvina quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sparta quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Portland between 2018 and 2020, burning about 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 April 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 468 |
| 22 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018-11 |
| 13 January 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 02020-1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Portland in 8 storm reports between 1999 and 2018: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Portland | $285,000 | Across the southeast portions of Monroe County, there were numerous reports of water over roads. The water was 1 to 2 feet deep in parts of Norwalk. In Cashton, an apartment complex was evacuated where the water was up to the first floor. Mudslides occurred north of Cashton on State Highway 27 and on County Highway N. Several roads were closed because of water over them or washed out culverts. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Portland | $3,000 | Several large trees were blown down west of Cashton. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Portland | $2,000 | Trees were blown down northwest of Melvina near the intersection of County Roads Y and J. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Portland | $800 | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Portland | - | Half dollar sized hail fell west of Cashton. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Portland | - | At least 31 apple trees were blown down at the Maple Ridge Orchard. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Portland | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Portland | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cashton | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Melvina | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Leon | 7.6 miles | 14 | |
| Saint Marys | 9.3 miles | 11 | |
| Farmers Valley | 10.7 miles | 12 | |
| Sparta | 12.3 miles | 14 | |
| Norwalk | 13.2 miles | 11 | |
| Oil City | 14.4 miles | 11 |
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 Portland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7231860 | 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 1571811. 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.