Zachow, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Angelica town. It lies in ZIP code area 54107. The Survey maps it on the Zachow quadrangle. It stands 860 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Seymour quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1974 USGS Zachow quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Shawano quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Zachow between 2018 and 2019, burning under an acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18065 |
| 22 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 82019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Zachow: 6 past producers, 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beech Drive Limestone Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Gehm Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Pittsfield Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Bonduel Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bonduel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Foster Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Krakow Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lodge Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Nichols Drive Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Slab City Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Zachow in 2 storm reports between 2006 and 2013: 1 funnel cloud, 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 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zachow | - | Thunderstorm winds took trees down in the town of Zachow. |
| July 2006 | Funnel Cloud | Zachow | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frazer Corners | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Advance | 4.2 miles | 6 | |
| Bonduel | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Slab City | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Angelica | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Krakow | 6.3 miles | 6 | |
| Landstad | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Green Valley | 6.6 miles | 6 |
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 Zachow | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8064032 | 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 1577121. 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.



