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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.

Wausaukee within Marinette County

Population over time

2 figures

Wausaukee 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.

YearPeople Change
2010575
2020596+21 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

153 since 1992

Regional 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 burning45
Equipment and vehicle use34
Arson/incendiarism24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Recreation and ceremony11
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Natural3
Other causes1
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesBUTTERFLY LAKE FIRE
3 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 August 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 August 2008Recreation and ceremony18 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 August 2008Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marinette County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Njord Heim QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Another Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Antler Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Birch Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Burdell Road Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
County Road Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cumulus Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Engleman Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Fence Lake Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Finnegan Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Marinette County

Storms near this place

18 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2011Tornado (EF1)Wausaukee1 killed, $110,000A 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 2011Tornado (EF0)Wausaukee$10,000The 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 1997LightningWausaukee$10,000no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindWausaukee$5,000Numerous trees and power lines down near the intersection of Highways 180 and XX. Trees fell on a house and garage, causing damage.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindWausaukee$5,000no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindWausaukee-Thunderstorm winds snapped and uprooted several trees near Wausaukee. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindWausaukee-Pea size hail fell and thunderstorm winds downed trees across Highway 141.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindWausaukee-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Wausaukee. The time of this event was estimated based on radar data.
September 2014HailWausaukee-Quarter size fell from thunderstorms near Wausaukee.
May 2012Funnel CloudWausaukee-A storm chaser spotted a funnel cloud, that nearly touched the ground, south of Wausaukee.
August 2011HailWausaukee-A thunderstorms produced golf ball size hail at Wausaukee.
June 2007HailWausaukee-no account filed
July 2006HailWausaukee-no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindWausaukee-no account filed
July 2003HailWausaukee-no account filed
June 2000HailWausaukee-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindWausaukee-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindWausaukee-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marinette County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Sweetheart City4.4 miles9
Middle Inlet5.9 miles9
Cedarville5.9 miles9
Athelstane8.4 miles8
Amberg9.4 miles11
Crivitz10.0 miles10
Goll12.4 miles9
Wagner12.4 miles8

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 WausaukeeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2671534The 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.