Trego, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Trego town. It lies in ZIP code area 54888. It stands on Potato Creek. The Survey maps it on the Trego quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1948 USGS Spooner quadrangle1:48000
- 1949 USGS Spooner quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Spooner quadrangle1:62500
- 1980 USGS Spooner quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Trego quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
133 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Trego between 1992 and 2020, burning about 83 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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 | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Fireworks | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | LABOR DAY |
| 5 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HORNETS NEST |
| 12 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | TREGO TROUBLE |
| 10 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 August 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | PIZZA TRAIN 2 |
| 28 August 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | PIZZA TRAIN 1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 24 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Trego: 17 occurrences, 5 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chauncey Jacobsen Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Chauncey Jacobsen Gravel Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Douglas M. Strunk Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Edward Stueckler Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Fred & Lucille Bohne Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| G. M. Thompson Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| George V. Greenfield Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gerald Campbell Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Hannah Doyne Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Haugen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
18 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Trego in 18 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 14 hail, 4 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trego | $10,000 | Many trees were blown down across the county, especially in the Trego area and north side of Spooner. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trego | - | A few trees were knocked down in the storm along with lawn furniture being tossed and damaged. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trego | - | A boat lift was flipped with multiple others being shifted and having their covers ripped on the north side of Spooner Lake. A window was also broken by an airborne piece of a dock weighing 40 pounds. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Trego | - | There was pea to nickel sized hail. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Trego | - | Pea to nickel size hail fell. Full trees were swaying in the wind. |
| September 2007 | Hail | Trego | - | Golf ball sized hail. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Trego | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Trego | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Trego | - | no account filed |
| September 2017 | Hail | Trego | - | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Hail | Trego | - | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Hail | Trego | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Trego | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Trego | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Trego | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Trego | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Trego | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trego | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earl | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Lampson | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Spooner | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Chicago Junction | 7.5 miles | 8 | |
| Springbrook | 7.8 miles | 8 | |
| Beaver Brook | 10.1 miles | 8 | |
| Madge | 11.8 miles | 8 | |
| Shell Lake | 12.4 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1575585. 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.






