Wien, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Wien town. The Survey maps it on the Wien quadrangle. It stands 1,322 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1902 USGS Marathon quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Stratford quadrangle1:48000
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Stratford quadrangle1:62500
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Wien quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Marshfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Wien between 2018 and 2020, burning about 11 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 90220 |
| 27 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 082718B |
| 15 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 61518 |
| 1 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 60118 |
| 5 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 50518 |
| 30 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 051418B |
| 11 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 51118 |
| 28 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 42819 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Wien: 10 occurrences, 5 past producers. None of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aspen Road Granite Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Aspen Road Granite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Bobwhite Lane Granite Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Edgar Granite Deposit #1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Edgar Granite Deposit #2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Edgar Granite Deposit #3 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Edgar Granite Quarry #1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Edgar Granite Quarry #2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hanneman Granite Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Pet Brook Granite Deposit #1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
4 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wien in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2021 | Flash Flood | Wien | $10,000 | Thunderstorms dumped 2 to 4 inches of rain over central and southern Marathon County during the afternoon hours. This caused several roads to be closed due to flash flooding. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wien | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Flood | Wien | - | Heavy rainfall from thunderstorms caused street flooding in the Edgar area. |
| September 2015 | Heavy Rain | Wien | - | Heavy rain caused flooding in the vicinity of Highway 97 and CR-N, about 4 miles northeast of Fenwood. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fenwood | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Edgar | 3.7 miles | 7 | |
| Schnappsville | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Swan | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Wuertsburg | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Weber | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Poniatowski | 6.6 miles | 7 | |
| Bradley | 7.0 miles | 12 |
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 Wien | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7999111 | 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 1576399. 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.







