Wausaukee, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Wausaukee Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54177. It stands on Little Wausaukee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wausaukee South quadrangle. 596 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 774 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWausaukee grew from 575 to 596 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 575 | |
| 2020 | 596 | +21 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 9 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.
- 1942 USGS Wausaukee quadrangle1:48000
- 1947 USGS Wausaukee quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Wausaukee quadrangle1:62500
- 1981 USGS Marinette quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Wausaukee South quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
153 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Wausaukee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 291 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 24 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 | 45 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 34 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BUTTERFLY LAKE FIRE |
| 3 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 18 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 August 2008 | Natural | 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 29 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Wausaukee: 18 past producers, 11 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Njord Heim Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Another Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Antler Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Birch Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Burdell Road Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| County Road Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cumulus Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Engleman Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Fence Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Finnegan Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
18 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wausaukee in 18 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 tornado, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 death. 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 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Wausaukee | 1 killed, $110,000 | A tornado quickly developed northwest of the city of Wausaukee during the late afternoon and moved southeast for nearly eight miles before dissipating. The twister touched down near Long Lake, snapping or uprooting hundreds of trees (DI 28, DOD 3, 4) as it moved toward Wausaukee. A mobile home near Long Lake was heavily damaged by fallen trees, but the occupants escaped without injury. As the tornado moved into Wausaukee, it leveled another mobile home (DI 3, DOD 7), killing a 46 year old male. Two additional buildings on the property sustained damage, including a house that lost part of its roof (DI 2, DOD 4). Two semi-trailers on the property were blown over. The tornado continued southeast, damaging a baseball field and hundreds of additional trees on the east side of Wausaukee. The tornado reached the Menominee River and briefly crossed into Upper Michigan before moving back into Wisconsin and dissipating.||The tornado was rated EF1, with estimated maximum winds of 100 to 105 mph. The average path width was 100 yards. |
| August 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Wausaukee | $10,000 | The thunderstorm that produced the tornado near Wausaukee re-entered Wisconsin from Menominee County, MI along the Menominee River. The tornado uprooted several trees and snapped numerous branches (DI 28, DOD 2, 3) as it continued to weaken along Highway 180. One tree fell onto the roof of a home near Deer Lane Road. |
| May 1997 | Lightning | Wausaukee | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wausaukee | $5,000 | Numerous trees and power lines down near the intersection of Highways 180 and XX. Trees fell on a house and garage, causing damage. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wausaukee | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wausaukee | - | Thunderstorm winds snapped and uprooted several trees near Wausaukee. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wausaukee | - | Pea size hail fell and thunderstorm winds downed trees across Highway 141. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wausaukee | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Wausaukee. The time of this event was estimated based on radar data. |
| September 2014 | Hail | Wausaukee | - | Quarter size fell from thunderstorms near Wausaukee. |
| May 2012 | Funnel Cloud | Wausaukee | - | A storm chaser spotted a funnel cloud, that nearly touched the ground, south of Wausaukee. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Wausaukee | - | A thunderstorms produced golf ball size hail at Wausaukee. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Wausaukee | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Wausaukee | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wausaukee | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Wausaukee | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Wausaukee | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wausaukee | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wausaukee | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweetheart City | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Middle Inlet | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Cedarville | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Athelstane | 8.4 miles | 8 | |
| Amberg | 9.4 miles | 11 | |
| Crivitz | 10.0 miles | 10 | |
| Goll | 12.4 miles | 9 | |
| Wagner | 12.4 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 Wausaukee | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2671534 | 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 1576328. 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.







