Shennington, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Byron town. It lies in ZIP code area 54618. It stands on Dandy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Shennington quadrangle. It stands 909 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Wyeville quadrangle1:48000
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Shennington quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Black River Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
134 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Shennington between 1992 and 2020, burning about 234 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 52 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | ALL CREATURES FIRE |
| 25 September 1999 | Smoking | 4.5 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 August 2001 | Other causes | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 August 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | ASPEN FIRE |
| 6 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | FRESNO FIRE |
| 28 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 11 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MILL BLUFF FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shennington in 4 storm reports between 2005 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shennington | $500 | Law enforcement reported trees down across Funnel Road near Frontier Avenue. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shennington | $500 | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shennington | - | Emergency management reported numerous trees down along County Line near Grosbeak and Funnel Rd 4 miles south of Shennington. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Shennington | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyeville | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Valley Junction | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Oakdale | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Norway Ridge | 6.9 miles | 10 | |
| Clifton | 10.3 miles | 13 | |
| Tomah | 10.4 miles | 13 | |
| North Tomah | 10.5 miles | 14 | |
| Warrens | 12.1 miles | 10 |
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 Shennington | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7494308 | 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 1574009. 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.





