Taegesville, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Maine Village. The Survey maps it on the Brokaw quadrangle. It stands 1,401 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1899 USGS Wausau quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Wausau quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Merrill quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Merrill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Brokaw quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Merrill quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
44 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Taegesville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 42 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HWY K FIRE |
| 30 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HWY A FIRE |
| 15 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2012 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | ROMAN CANDLE FIRE |
| 20 July 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HIGHWAY F FIRE |
| 15 July 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 July 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Taegesville: 12 occurrences, 6 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson Brothers and Johnson Co. | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Rib Mountain Quarry | Granite | Producer | ||
| Ruby Red Quarry | Granite | Producer | ||
| County Line Creek Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dale Howard Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Fourth Avenue Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Granite Heights Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Granite Heights Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lincoln Drive Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Creek Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Taegesville in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2017: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Taegesville | - | A brief and fast moving tornado developed in association with a |small line of severe thunderstorms in Marathon County. Straight-line wind damage|occurred with the severe thunderstorm in addition to the tornado. Two structures sustained significant storm damage. One had several windows broken and some roofing material ripped off (DI 2, DOD 2 and 3). The other had a garage door blown in and some roof damage (DI 2, DOD 2 and 4). There was minor damage to several others (DI 2, DOD 2). Around 100 mature pine trees were snapped (DI 28, DOD 3 and 4). |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taegesville | - | Over 200 pine trees were snapped or uprooted just east of Little Chicago by a powerful downburst. Some of the trees and part of a grain storage unit were blown onto a nearby road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Naugart | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Brokaw | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Granite Heights | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Emmerich | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Little Chicago | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Mount View | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Stettin (historical) | 6.7 miles | 7 |
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 Taegesville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7674731 | 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 1577848. 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.







