Tamarack, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Arcadia town. It lies in ZIP code area 54612. It lies near Norway Valley. The Survey maps it on the Tamarack quadrangle. It stands 810 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1929 USGS Galesville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Tamarack quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Winona quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Tamarack between 2000 and 2019, burning about 1,200 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2019000 |
| 1 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,200 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 35 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Tamarack: 23 past producers, 11 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Solberg Dolomite Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| B Kolstad Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Bockenhauer Shale Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Butman Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| C Hovell Shale Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Castleberg Sandstone Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Castleberg Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| D Bortle Shale Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| D Schultz Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Darell Schultz Shale Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tamarack in 5 storm reports between 2013 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tamarack | $3,000 | A roof was blown off a shed and a gravity box wagon was blown over south of Arcadia in the Pine Creek area. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tamarack | $2,000 | Trees were blown down near County Road F south of Arcadia. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tamarack | - | An estimated 60 mph wind gust occurred south of Arcadia. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Tamarack | - | Quarter sized hail fell south of Arcadia in the Pine Creek area. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Tamarack | - | Runoff from heavy rains caused water to go over several roads across southern Trempealeau County including County Roads D and T and Oak Ridge Drive. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Creek | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Dewey Corners | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Arcadia | 6.1 miles | 11 | |
| Dodge | 6.3 miles | 16 | |
| North Creek | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Frenchville | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Cortland (historical) | 6.9 miles | 16 | |
| Upper French Creek | 7.2 miles | 11 |
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 Tamarack | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7680860 | 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 1577849. 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.





