Worcester, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Hackett town. It lies in ZIP code area 54556. The Survey maps it on the Prentice quadrangle. It stands 1,608 feet above sea level.
On record in Worcester
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Wisconsin Concrete Parklisted 2005
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1941 USGS Phillips quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Philliips quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Phillips quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Phillips quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Park Falls quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Prentice quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
47 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Worcester between 1992 and 2020, burning about 91 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2012 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HWY A |
| 1 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 August 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 July 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 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
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Worcester: 5 occurrences, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cranberry Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Hay Creek Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hay Creek Gravel Pit #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Joe Spacek Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Little Chicago Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Prentice Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Prentice Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Spring Drive Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Worcester in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2020: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2020 | Flash Flood | Worcester | - | Water over the roadway in the town of Worcester led to the roads being closed. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worcester | - | Thunderstorm winds uprooted a large tree. |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Worcester | - | A brief, weak tornado occurred north-northwest of Prentice. Only tree damage was noted along the damage path. [DI 28 (TS), DOD 2, EXP, Est Gust 75 mph]. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cranberry Lake | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Prentice | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Pennington | 7.3 miles | 10 | |
| Dover | 7.3 miles | 11 | |
| Phillips | 8.6 miles | 10 | |
| Brantwood | 9.8 miles | 8 | |
| Ogema | 11.0 miles | 9 | |
| Catawba | 13.4 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 Worcester | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8034143 | 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 1577893. 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.







