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Presque Isle, Wisconsin

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Presque Isle town. It lies in ZIP code area 54557. The Survey maps it on the Presque Isle quadrangle. It stands 1,667 feet above sea level.

Presque Isle within Vilas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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

32 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Presque Isle between 1993 and 2020, burning about 33 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Debris and open burning8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
12 September 2005Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 July 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 June 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 June 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesMYSTERY FIRE
19 June 2014Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesOWEN ROAD POWERLINE FIRE
16 June 2013Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesHWY P
8 May 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Vilas 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 Presque Isle: 3 past producers, 2 prospects. 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
Boot Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Carlin Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Palmer Rd Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Palmer Rd Gravel Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Van Vliet Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Vilas County

Storms near this place

12 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Presque Isle in 12 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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
July 2016Thunderstorm WindPresque Isle$150,000Thunderstorm winds downed hundreds of trees just southeast of Presque Isle, from Crab Lake to Lynx Lake. Five homes sustained damage from fallen trees.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindPresque Isle-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Presque Isle. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindPresque Isle-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines near Presque Isle. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindPresque Isle-Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Presque Isle. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
September 2020Thunderstorm WindPresque Isle-Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees in Presque Isle. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindPresque Isle-Thunderstorm winds downed trees on County Highway W, west of Presque Isle.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindPresque Isle-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and knocked out power in Presque Isle.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindPresque Isle-Thunderstorm winds downed trees on the east side of Presque Isle. The time of this report was estimated based on radar data.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindPresque Isle-Strong thunderstorm winds downed over 100 trees on a property south of Presque Isle.
April 2003HailPresque Isle-no account filed
June 2001HailPresque Isle-no account filed
July 2000HailPresque Isle-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Vilas 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
Katinka Village4.8 miles15
Winchester9.1 miles15
Boulder Junction10.3 miles17
Manitowish Waters11.4 miles15
Star Lake19.8 miles14
Marlands20.6 miles12
Sayner20.8 miles13
Lac du Flambeau21.0 miles15

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 Presque IsleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7241586The 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 1580803. 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.