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Shawano, Wisconsin

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Shawano City. It lies in ZIP code area 54166. It stands on Shawano Lake Outlet. The Survey maps it on the Shawano quadrangle. 9,243 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 817 feet above sea level.

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Shawano within Shawano County

On record in Shawano

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 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

Shawano fell from 9,305 to 9,243 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.

YearPeople Change
20109,305
20209,243-62 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

41 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Shawano between 1994 and 2020, burning about 8 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Fireworks3
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
22 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources82218
17 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2019134
16 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 August 1998Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 July 2009Fireworksunder an acreMenominee TribeCHICK-A-WATHA
29 July 2002Fireworksunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 July 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMenominee TribeBORDER
19 July 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2019108

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shawano County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Shawano: 4 past producers, 3 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Limekiln QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Limekiln QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Zimmerman Limekiln QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Montoure Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Oak Avenue Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ranch Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
River Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Small Pond Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Zimmerman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Shawano County

Storms near this place

43 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shawano in 43 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 27 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 1 lightning, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 injury. 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
March 1998LightningShawano1 hurtno account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindShawano$50,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindShawano$5,000no account filed
September 1997Thunderstorm WindShawano$2,000no account filed
May 2007Thunderstorm WindShawano$1,000A shed was damaged and trees were down on the east side of the city of Shawano.
June 2025HailShawano-Quarter size hail fell in Shawano.
June 2025HailShawano-Quarter size hail fell near Shawano. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindShawano-Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Shawano. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
October 2023HailShawano-Quarter size hail fell in Shawano.
August 2023HailShawano-Half dollar size hail fell near Shawano.
August 2023HailShawano-Nickel size hail fell in Shawano.
August 2022HailShawano-Quarter size hail fell in Shawano. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindShawano-Thunderstorm winds downed trees west of Shawano. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindShawano-Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power lines in Shawano. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindShawano-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and powerlines in the city of Shawano.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindShawano-Thunderstorm winds downed a couple of large trees that blocked the road near the town of Wescott on the west side of Shawano Lake. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindShawano-Thunderstorm winds caused widespread tree and power line damage in Shawano County.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindShawano-Thunderstorm winds downed trees across Shawano County. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindShawano-Thunderstorm winds downed large tree limbs in Shawano.
August 2015HailShawano-Golf ball size hail fell at Shawano High School.
June 2014HailShawano-Thunderstorms produced nickel size hail at the intersection of Highway 29 and Highway 22.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindShawano-Thunderstorm winds either uprooted or snapped many trees in Shawano.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindShawano-A trained spotter reported a thunderstorm wind gust estimated at 70 mph.
August 2013HailShawano-The public reported 1 inch diameter hail in Shawano.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindShawano-Thunderstorm winds uprooted several trees in Shawano.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindShawano-Trees reported down over the central part of Shawano county.
June 2007Tornado (EF0)Shawano-A brief, 20 second, landspout was observed and photographed southeast of Shawano but no damage was reported. The tornado was rated EF0.
June 2007Funnel CloudShawano-no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindShawano-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindShawano-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindShawano-no account filed
May 2004HailShawano-no account filed
April 2002Thunderstorm WindShawano-no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindShawano-no account filed
March 2000HailShawano-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindShawano-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindShawano-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindShawano-no account filed
May 1998HailShawano-no account filed
August 1996HailShawano-no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindShawano-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindShawano-no account filed
May 1995Thunderstorm WindShawano-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Shawano 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
Thornton4.5 miles8
Belle Plaine5.5 miles8
Red River5.9 miles8
Lunds6.6 miles7
Adams Beach7.3 miles8
Cecil8.5 miles6
Bonduel9.2 miles8
Slab City9.7 miles8

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 ShawanoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1013670The 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 1573978. 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.