Northport, WI Natural Disasters and Weather Extremes
Hot Rankings
The chance of earthquake damage in Northport is about the same as Wisconsin average and is much lower than the national average. The risk of tornado damage in Northport is about the same as Wisconsin average and is higher than the national average.
Earthquake Index, #365
| Northport, WI | 0.00 |
| Wisconsin | 0.00 |
| U.S. | 1.81 |
The earthquake index value is calculated based on historical earthquake events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the earthquake level in a region. A higher earthquake index value means a higher chance of an earthquake.
Volcano Index, #1
| Northport, WI | 0.0000 |
| Wisconsin | 0.0000 |
| U.S. | 0.0023 |
The volcano index value is calculated based on the currently known volcanoes using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the possibility of a region being affected by a possible volcano eruption. A higher volcano index value means a higher chance of being affected.
Tornado Index, #411
| Northport, WI | 155.26 |
| Wisconsin | 153.98 |
| U.S. | 136.45 |
The tornado index value is calculated based on historical tornado events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the tornado level in a region. A higher tornado index value means a higher chance of tornado events.
Other Weather Extremes Events
A total of 2,475 other weather extremes events within 50 miles of Northport, WI were recorded from 1950 to 2010. The following is a break down of these events:
| Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count |
| Avalanche: | 0 | Blizzard: | 9 | Cold: | 29 | Dense Fog: | 77 | Drought: | 47 |
| Dust Storm: | 0 | Flood: | 80 | Hail: | 647 | Heat: | 33 | Heavy Snow: | 77 |
| High Surf: | 0 | Hurricane: | 0 | Ice Storm: | 13 | Landslide: | 0 | Strong Wind: | 70 |
| Thunderstorm Winds: | 1,046 | Tropical Storm: | 0 | Wildfire: | 1 | Winter Storm: | 79 | Winter Weather: | 44 |
| Other: | 223 | ||||||||
Volcanos Nearby
No volcano is found in or near Northport, WI.
Historical Earthquake Events
No historical earthquake events that had recorded magnitudes of 3.5 or above found in or near Northport, WI.
No historical earthquake events found in or near Northport, WI.
Historical Tornado Events
A total of 65 historical tornado events that had recorded magnitude of 2 or above found in or near Northport, WI.
| Distance (miles) | Date | Magnitude | Start Lat/Log | End Lat/Log | Length | Width | Fatalities | Injuries | Property Damage | Crop Damage | Affected County |
| 8.3 | 1959-05-06 | 2 | 44°31'N / 88°52'W | 44°32'N / 88°43'W | 7.20 Miles | 1760 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Waupaca |
| 9.3 | 1951-09-26 | 4 | 44°22'N / 89°13'W | 44°28'N / 88°47'W | 22.30 Miles | 100 Yards | 6 | 3 | 250K | 0 | Waupaca |
| 13.3 | 1970-12-01 | 3 | 44°20'N / 88°39'W | 44°27'N / 88°26'W | 13.10 Miles | 67 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Outagamie |
| 13.6 | 1959-05-06 | 2 | 44°28'N / 88°33'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Outagamie | |||
| 14.1 | 1964-05-08 | 2 | 44°35'N / 88°51'W | 44°38'N / 88°48'W | 3.30 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 1 | 250K | 0 | Waupaca |
| 14.1 | 1982-05-06 | 2 | 44°22'N / 88°35'W | 44°27'N / 88°28'W | 9.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Outagamie |
| 15.8 | 1984-04-27 | 3 | 44°32'N / 88°55'W | 44°43'N / 88°53'W | 8.00 Miles | 43 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Waupaca |
| 17.9 | 2004-06-23 | 2 | 44°16'N / 89°11'W | 44°16'N / 89°03'W | 7.50 Miles | 125 Yards | 0 | 0 | 915K | 0 | Waupaca |
| Brief Description: Thunderstorms that developed ahead of a strong cold front that moved through Wisconsin produced severe weather in the central and east central parts of the state during the evening. A line of thunderstorms tore the roof from a barn, downed numerous trees and power lines and blew a pickup truck into a ditch as the storms moved through the Wood county communities of Vesper, Nekoosa, and Wisconsin Rapids. Glass fragments caused a minor injury to one of the occupants of the pickup truck. The storms also produced 7 minutes of dime size hail 1 mile east of Wisconsin Rapids. The storms also damaged several buildings 4 miles west of Stevens Point (Portage co.), downed trees in Saxeville (Waushara co.) and dropped quarter size hail in Plover (Portage co.). As the storms moved through Portage county three tornadoes touched down. One of the tornadoes caused minor tree damage in an industrial park in Whiting. Eyewitnesses observed water being sucked out of a pond at the same time as doors to an office were sucked open. Another tornado downed several trees, knocked down a fence, damaged the roof of a house and damaged some outbuildings as it passed north of Almond. The third tornado was the strongest and was on the ground intermittently for 10 miles from southeast Portage county into southwest Waupaca county. It downed trees and overturned an irrigation system in Portage county. It strengthened in Waupaca county where it scoured asphalt off a road, destroyed a barn, sheared off the top 50 feet of a silo, crushing three calves, damaged a sheet metal outbuilding and killed 3 sheep. It tore the roof from a house and destroyed the garage, overturned a semi trailer and moved it 50 feet, blew hay wagons against trees and snapped off or uprooted numerous trees. Some of the debris from this tornado landed several miles east in the Fremont area (Waupaca co.). A tornado touched down in at least four locations from Little Chute to Kaukauna as the storms moved across Outagamie county. It toppled or twisted large trees, ripped parts of the roofs from residential and commercial buildings, destroyed storage sheds and an old barn and overturned semi trailers and dropped some of them on other vehicles. A brief tornado touchdown also occurred on the west side of Green Bay (Brown co.) where it caused some tree damage. | |||||||||||
| 18.5 | 1984-04-27 | 4 | 44°05'N / 88°45'W | 44°15'N / 88°32'W | 12.00 Miles | 60 Yards | 1 | 10 | 2.5M | 0 | Winnebago |
| 18.6 | 1970-12-01 | 2 | 44°32'N / 89°13'W | 44°47'N / 88°40'W | 31.90 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Waupaca |
| 19.8 | 1984-04-27 | 4 | 44°15'N / 88°32'W | 44°27'N / 88°18'W | 15.50 Miles | 60 Yards | 0 | 9 | 2.5M | 0 | Outagamie |
| 20.0 | 1964-05-08 | 2 | 44°07'N / 88°43'W | 44°14'N / 88°25'W | 16.60 Miles | 63 Yards | 0 | 5 | 2.5M | 0 | Winnebago |
| 22.4 | 1951-09-26 | 4 | 44°20'N / 89°18'W | 44°22'N / 89°13'W | 4.10 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Portage |
| 23.5 | 1976-06-12 | 2 | 44°27'N / 89°17'W | 0.20 Mile | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Portage | |
| 25.0 | 1969-06-26 | 3 | 44°30'N / 88°24'W | 44°35'N / 88°17'W | 7.70 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 1 | 2.5M | 0 | Outagamie |
| 26.1 | 1957-04-19 | 2 | 44°04'N / 89°24'W | 44°14'N / 89°00'W | 22.80 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 1 | 25K | 0 | Waushara |
| 26.9 | 1956-04-03 | 4 | 43°59'N / 88°56'W | 44°03'N / 88°45'W | 9.60 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Waushara |
| 27.0 | 1964-05-08 | 2 | 44°14'N / 88°25'W | 44°20'N / 88°10'W | 14.00 Miles | 63 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Calumet |
| 27.3 | 1984-04-27 | 3 | 44°40'N / 88°53'W | 44°56'N / 88°49'W | 17.00 Miles | 43 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Shawano |
| 29.7 | 1968-08-16 | 2 | 44°15'N / 88°15'W | 2.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Outagamie | |
| 30.4 | 1956-04-03 | 2 | 44°15'N / 89°31'W | 44°29'N / 89°20'W | 18.20 Miles | 100 Yards | 2 | 2 | 250K | 0 | Portage |
| 30.5 | 1992-08-29 | 3 | 44°04'N / 89°31'W | 44°08'N / 89°00'W | 28.00 Miles | 800 Yards | 1 | 30 | 25.0M | 0 | Waushara |
| 30.7 | 1968-08-16 | 2 | 44°36'N / 88°15'W | 1.00 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 1 | 25K | 0 | Brown | |
| 30.8 | 1974-04-21 | 4 | 43°54'N / 88°41'W | 44°04'N / 88°32'W | 13.50 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 35 | 2.5M | 0 | Winnebago |
| 30.9 | 1965-07-08 | 2 | 44°10'N / 88°18'W | 44°11'N / 88°15'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Calumet | ||
| 31.2 | 1954-04-15 | 2 | 43°59'N / 89°11'W | 44°03'N / 89°05'W | 5.90 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Waushara |
| 31.5 | 1950-06-25 | 3 | 43°57'N / 88°57'W | 43°58'N / 88°56'W | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Green Lake | ||
| 31.6 | 1956-04-03 | 4 | 43°56'N / 88°58'W | 43°59'N / 88°56'W | 1.90 Miles | 440 Yards | 7 | 50 | 2.5M | 0 | Green Lake |
| 32.2 | 1969-06-26 | 3 | 44°35'N / 88°17'W | 44°41'N / 88°12'W | 7.60 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Shawano |
| 32.4 | 1992-05-16 | 2 | 44°22'N / 89°34'W | 44°23'N / 89°22'W | 11.00 Miles | 400 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Portage |
| 33.4 | 1992-09-07 | 2 | 43°54'N / 89°02'W | 43°58'N / 88°53'W | 8.50 Miles | 400 Yards | 0 | 1 | 2.5M | 0 | Green Lake |
| 33.6 | 1974-04-12 | 2 | 44°50'N / 89°10'W | 44°53'N / 88°57'W | 10.70 Miles | 150 Yards | 0 | 1 | 250K | 0 | Shawano |
| 33.6 | 1984-04-27 | 2 | 44°22'N / 89°32'W | 44°25'N / 89°27'W | 5.50 Miles | 20 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Portage |
| 34.4 | 1979-08-09 | 2 | 44°04'N / 88°18'W | 1 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Calumet | |||
| 34.9 | 1976-06-13 | 2 | 44°27'N / 89°31'W | 0.30 Mile | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Portage | |
| 35.4 | 1970-07-07 | 2 | 44°19'N / 89°31'W | 2.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Portage | |
| 36.8 | 1964-08-22 | 2 | 44°18'N / 89°36'W | 44°22'N / 89°30'W | 6.40 Miles | 333 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Portage |
| 38.4 | 1970-04-22 | 2 | 44°28'N / 88°04'W | 44°31'N / 88°01'W | 3.60 Miles | 800 Yards | 0 | 2 | 250K | 0 | Brown |
| 39.5 | 1962-06-17 | 2 | 43°50'N / 88°50'W | 1.00 Mile | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Fond Du Lac | |
| 39.7 | 2007-06-07 | 2 | 44°46'N / 89°28'W | 44°49'N / 89°21'W | 7.00 Miles | 225 Yards | 0 | 0 | 343K | 0K | Marathon |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: The first tornado of the outbreak formed 9.4 miles east of Mosinee at 4:01 PM CDT. The storm moved across eastern Marathon County where it heavily damaged 2 homes (DI 2, DOD 6), 1 mobile home (DI 4, DOD 9) and 10 barns; caused major damage to 1 home; did minor damage to 6 homes and 1 business; and snapped or uprooted many trees (DI 27, DOD 4). The tornado dissipated near Pike Lake at 4:14 PM CDT. The average path width of the tornado was 150 yards. The tornado was rated EF2 with estimated winds of 115 to 125 mph. EPISODE NARRATIVE: An unseasonably strong upper level storm system and deep surface low pressure (with central pressure as low as 979 mb) interacted with a cold front that moved from west to east across the area during the late afternoon and evening. A moist and unstable airmass ahead of the cold front provided the fuel to generate severe thunderstorms that included five tornadoes, near record-size hail and damaging winds. Thousands of homes sustained damage and about 15,000 customers lost power during the storms, some for almost 3 days as trees blocked roads and slowed repair work to power lines. Four people sustained minor injuries, and total damage from the storms exceeded $60 million. The first tornado of the outbreak moved across eastern Marathon County shortly after 4:00 PM CDT, producing damage to several homes. The tornado was rated EF2. A second thunderstorm produced a weak tornado in Wood County, which was rated EF0. The same storm responsible for this tornado produced softball size hail that damaged thousands of homes, several businesses and hundreds of vehicles. One hailstone that fell in Port Edwards measured 5.50 inches in diameter, making it the second largest hailstone on record in Wisconsin. The same supercell thunderstorm that produced the Marathon County tornado also produced a long-track tornado across northeast Shawano, northwest Menominee, southeast Langlade and northern Oconto counties. This tornado was on the ground for 47 minutes, covering 40.1 miles, and destroyed 14,400 acres of woodlands (timber loss was estimated at $12.5 million) and dozens of buildings along its path. The twister, which was over one-half mile at times, was rated EF3, with peak winds estimated of 150 to 160 mph. The storm responsible for the tornado also produced significant straight-line wind damage as it moved into western Marinette County. The fourth tornado of the outbreak, rated EF1, developed near Cedarville in Marinette Co., which was from the same thunderstorm that produced the long-track tornado. The final tornado of the afternoon and evening touched down near Harmony in Marinette Co. This tornado was rated EF1. Details of the tornadoes, hail, and wind damage can be found in the event narratives of the affected counties. | |||||||||||
| 40.1 | 1959-05-10 | 2 | 44°29'N / 88°03'W | 44°31'N / 87°58'W | 4.30 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 3 | 2.5M | 0 | Brown |
| 40.1 | 1974-04-21 | 4 | 43°45'N / 88°50'W | 43°54'N / 88°41'W | 12.50 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Fond Du Lac |
| 40.3 | 1954-06-20 | 2 | 43°57'N / 88°18'W | 0.50 Mile | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Calumet | |
| 40.4 | 1964-05-08 | 2 | 44°42'N / 89°35'W | 44°48'N / 89°22'W | 12.30 Miles | 500 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Marathon |
| 40.5 | 1970-04-22 | 2 | 44°27'N / 88°02'W | 44°33'N / 87°58'W | 7.20 Miles | 800 Yards | 0 | 1 | 250K | 0 | Brown |
| 41.1 | 1984-04-27 | 3 | 44°56'N / 88°49'W | 45°04'N / 88°47'W | 7.00 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Menominee (c) |
| 43.5 | 1959-07-08 | 2 | 43°53'N / 89°24'W | 43°56'N / 89°18'W | 5.20 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Marquette |
| 43.6 | 1967-06-30 | 2 | 44°02'N / 88°10'W | 44°02'N / 88°02'W | 5.90 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 1 | 250K | 0 | Calumet |
| 43.9 | 1966-06-04 | 2 | 44°53'N / 88°18'W | 44°55'N / 88°12'W | 4.70 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Oconto |
| 44.8 | 1955-07-31 | 2 | 43°58'N / 89°30'W | 43°57'N / 89°26'W | 2.70 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Marquette |
| 45.5 | 1968-08-19 | 2 | 43°45'N / 88°54'W | 43°46'N / 88°22'W | 26.40 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 1 | 25K | 0 | Fond Du Lac |
| 45.6 | 1968-08-19 | 2 | 43°45'N / 88°58'W | 43°45'N / 88°54'W | 2.30 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 1 | 25K | 0 | Green Lake |
| 45.7 | 1996-07-18 | 2 | 43°56'N / 88°14'W | 43°53'N / 88°10'W | 4.40 Miles | 200 Yards | 1 | 1 | 450K | 300K | Fond Du Lac |
| Brief Description: A strong tornado (F2) struck Marytown, resulting in 1 fatility (81 year old male) and 1 injury. This tornado actually touched down in Calumet county about 1.1 miles SE of Jericho (see WFO GRB Stormdata report), and then headed southeast into into Fond du Lac county at a point 2.0 NW of Marytown. It destroyed or damaged at least a couple dozen barns, sheds, and homes on a southeastward path. Many large trees were uprooted. The north side of Marytown was hit the hardest, where a house trailer, 3 homes, and a machine shed were destroyed. The tornado exited Fond du Lac county at a point 2.5 miles SE of Marytown and re-entered Calumet county where it quickly dissapated. The path length in Fond du Lac county was 4.4 miles. M81PH | |||||||||||
| 45.8 | 2007-06-07 | 2 | 45°01'N / 88°58'W | 45°07'N / 88°46'W | 13.00 Miles | 700 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.7M | 0K | Menominee (c) |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: The long-track tornado moved into Menominee Co. from Shawano Co. about 7.8 miles west-northwest of Neopit at 4:32 PM CDT. Three thousand acres of trees were snapped or uprooted, many in prime stands of maples, some 150 to 200 years old. The tornado exited Menominee Co. and moved into Langlade Co. at 4:48 PM CDT. The average path width of the tornado in Menominee Co. was 500 yards wide, and damage was rated EF2 (DI 27, DOD 4) in this segment, with estimated winds of 120 to 130 mph. EPISODE NARRATIVE: An unseasonably strong upper level storm system and deep surface low pressure (with central pressure as low as 979 mb) interacted with a cold front that moved from west to east across the area during the late afternoon and evening. A moist and unstable airmass ahead of the cold front provided the fuel to generate severe thunderstorms that included five tornadoes, near record-size hail and damaging winds. Thousands of homes sustained damage and about 15,000 customers lost power during the storms, some for almost 3 days as trees blocked roads and slowed repair work to power lines. Four people sustained minor injuries, and total damage from the storms exceeded $60 million. The first tornado of the outbreak moved across eastern Marathon County shortly after 4:00 PM CDT, producing damage to several homes. The tornado was rated EF2. A second thunderstorm produced a weak tornado in Wood County, which was rated EF0. The same storm responsible for this tornado produced softball size hail that damaged thousands of homes, several businesses and hundreds of vehicles. One hailstone that fell in Port Edwards measured 5.50 inches in diameter, making it the second largest hailstone on record in Wisconsin. The same supercell thunderstorm that produced the Marathon County tornado also produced a long-track tornado across northeast Shawano, northwest Menominee, southeast Langlade and northern Oconto counties. This tornado was on the ground for 47 minutes, covering 40.1 miles, and destroyed 14,400 acres of woodlands (timber loss was estimated at $12.5 million) and dozens of buildings along its path. The twister, which was over one-half mile at times, was rated EF3, with peak winds estimated of 150 to 160 mph. The storm responsible for the tornado also produced significant straight-line wind damage as it moved into western Marinette County. The fourth tornado of the outbreak, rated EF1, developed near Cedarville in Marinette Co., which was from the same thunderstorm that produced the long-track tornado. The final tornado of the afternoon and evening touched down near Harmony in Marinette Co. This tornado was rated EF1. Details of the tornadoes, hail, and wind damage can be found in the event narratives of the affected counties. | |||||||||||
| 46.5 | 1964-08-22 | 2 | 43°48'N / 88°24'W | 2.00 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 2 | 3K | 0 | Fond Du Lac | |
| 46.5 | 1990-06-02 | 2 | 43°47'N / 88°27'W | 1.00 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 1 | 2.5M | 0 | Fond Du Lac | |
| 46.6 | 1967-06-30 | 2 | 44°02'N / 88°02'W | 44°02'N / 88°01'W | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Manitowoc | ||
| 46.6 | 1977-06-05 | 3 | 43°49'N / 88°44'W | 43°39'N / 88°42'W | 11.20 Miles | 300 Yards | 0 | 2 | 2.5M | 0 | Fond Du Lac |
| 46.6 | 1966-06-04 | 2 | 44°57'N / 88°20'W | 44°59'N / 88°14'W | 4.90 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Oconto |
| 47.6 | 1964-08-22 | 2 | 43°46'N / 88°27'W | 1.00 Mile | 500 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Fond Du Lac | |
| 48.5 | 1954-06-20 | 2 | 44°53'N / 89°37'W | 44°48'N / 89°33'W | 6.10 Miles | 67 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Marathon |
| 48.6 | 1979-06-16 | 2 | 44°53'N / 88°18'W | 44°59'N / 88°01'W | 15.20 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Oconto |
| 49.4 | 1981-04-04 | 2 | 43°55'N / 88°05'W | 0.10 Mile | 23 Yards | 0 | 6 | 250K | 0 | Calumet | |
| 49.5 | 1966-06-04 | 2 | 45°01'N / 88°23'W | 45°03'N / 88°16'W | 5.40 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Oconto |
| 49.8 | 1954-04-07 | 2 | 43°42'N / 88°32'W | 43°44'N / 88°29'W | 1.90 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Fond Du Lac |
* The information on this page is based on the global volcano database, the U.S. earthquake database of 1638-1985, and the U.S. Tornado and Weather Extremes database of 1950-2010.