Strongs Prairie, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Strongs Prairie town. It lies in ZIP code area 54613. The Survey maps it on the Arkdale quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Arkdale quadrangle1:48000
- 1967 USGS Arkdale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Wisconsin Rapids quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
261 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 261 fires within 5 miles of Strongs Prairie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 225 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 19 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 | 89 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 56 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 41 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Other causes | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 September 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Strongs Prairie in 6 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strongs Prairie | $75,000 | Public reported multiple fallen mature trees near and west of Arkdale along Wisconsin State Highway 21. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strongs Prairie | $750 | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strongs Prairie | $500 | Tree down. |
| September 2017 | Hail | Strongs Prairie | - | Golf ball sized hail was reported near the south end of Petenwell Lake. |
| March 2000 | Hail | Strongs Prairie | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Strongs Prairie | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe Center | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Arkdale | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Dellwood | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Roche a Cri (historical) | 7.6 miles | 7 | |
| Cottonville | 9.0 miles | 7 | |
| Big Flats | 9.6 miles | 7 | |
| Friendship | 10.5 miles | 10 | |
| Adams | 11.1 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1577843. 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.



