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Zittau, Wisconsin

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Wolf River town. It lies in ZIP code area 54940. The Survey maps it on the Lake Poygan quadrangle.

Zittau within Winnebago County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

50 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Zittau between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,090 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 burning13
Equipment and vehicle use13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Recreation and ceremony5
Arson/incendiarism3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Smoking1
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 August 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesHIGHWAY 96
26 July 2007Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 July 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources3
23 June 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 June 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 June 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 May 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Winnebago County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Zittau: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Courtney and Plummer Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Klemp QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Perry QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Rabbit Road Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Readfield QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Shay Lake Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Winnebago County

Storms near this place

7 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Zittau in 7 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2010Tornado (EF1)Zittau$10,000This tornado snapped numerous pine trees in a wooded area (DI 28, DOD 4) and threw a gazebo into the side of a house. The tornado also destroyed a 100 year old barn (DI 1, DOD 6). Wind speed was estimated at 95 mph.
June 1999LightningZittau$1,000no account filed
April 2025HailZittau-Nickel size hail fell near Fremont.
October 2018HailZittau-Quarter size hail, possibly larger, fell at Boom Bay.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindZittau-Thunderstorm winds downed several trees between Winchester and Zittau.
June 2012HailZittau-Golf ball size hail fell near the intersection of U.S. Highways 10 and 45, northwest of Winchester.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindZittau-Thunderstorms downed and uprooted trees near Boom Bay, on Lake Poygan. Wind speeds were estimated in the 80 to 85 mph range.

Every storm recorded in Winnebago 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
Orihula2.5 miles8
Metz5.3 miles8
Clarks Point6.1 miles8
Piacenza6.4 miles8
Winchester6.6 miles8
Indian Shores7.0 miles8
Lasleys Point7.5 miles8
Winneconne8.3 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1577182. 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.