Waino, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Brule town. It lies in ZIP code area 54820. The Survey maps it on the Oulu quadrangle. It stands 948 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.
- 1947 USGS Brule quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Brule quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Port Wing quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Oulu quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
73 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Waino between 1993 and 2020, burning about 113 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.6 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HOOVER FIRE |
| 2 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 12 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 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
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Waino: 4 occurrences, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Copper, Copper, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Prospect Along Anderson C | Lead, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Near Waino | Copper, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Hokkinen Rd Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Percival | Copper | Unknown | Copper | |
| South Slope Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Near Waino | Copper | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waino in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 1 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waino | $5,000 | Photos were received showing three large and healthy trees that were uprooted and possibly snapped. A trailer was also blown over onto its side. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Waino | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellwood | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Brule | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Cloverland | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Blueberry | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Maple | 8.5 miles | 12 | |
| Winneboujou | 8.6 miles | 10 | |
| Lake Nebagamon | 10.9 miles | 12 | |
| Poplar | 12.6 miles | 8 |
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 Waino | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7960176 | 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 1576147. 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.





