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Marathon County, Wisconsin

Marathon County covers 1,545 square miles of land. Below is what the Isopleth API returned at the Census Bureau's interior point for the county (44.89804, -89.75782) on 2026-10-29. The ground sits at 412 m (1,350 ft) on a 3.9° slope, the mapped soil is somewhat poorly drained, it is outside a mapped FEMA floodplain, the nearest 69 kV+ substation is 7.1 km (4.4 mi) away and a major road is 407 m away. Values describe that one point, not the whole county; look up your own address or coordinates for your site.

Sample point values

fieldvaluesource
FEMA flood zoneXFEMA_NFHL Federal Emergency Management Agency
vintage 55073C_FIRM1
Inside a mapped floodplainNoFEMA_NFHL Federal Emergency Management Agency
vintage 55073C_FIRM1
Wildfire, annual frequency0.000036 events a yearFEMA_NRI Federal Emergency Management Agency
vintage December 2025
Tornado, annual frequency0.038 events a yearFEMA_NRI Federal Emergency Management Agency
vintage December 2025
Hail, annual frequency2.2 events a yearFEMA_NRI Federal Emergency Management Agency
vintage December 2025
Current drought categoryD1USDM_CURRENT The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the United States Department of Agriculture, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Map courtesy of NDMC.
vintage US Drought Monitor map valid 20261020
On a mapped wetlandNoUSFWS_NWI U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Nearest mapped wetland17 mUSFWS_NWI U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Elevation412 m (1,350 ft)USGS_3DEP_COG U.S. Geological Survey
vintage 3DEP 1/3 arc-second seamless DEM
Slope3.9°USGS_3DEP_COG U.S. Geological Survey
Soil drainageSomewhat poorly drainedUSDA_SSURGO U.S. Department of Agriculture
vintage SSURGO WI073 mukey 431403
Soil hydrologic groupB/DUSDA_SSURGO U.S. Department of Agriculture
vintage SSURGO WI073 mukey 431403
Farmland classPrimeUSDA_SSURGO U.S. Department of Agriculture
vintage SSURGO WI073 mukey 431403
Land useAgricultureUSFS_LCMS USDA Forest Service
vintage USFS LCMS CONUS 2025 annual (30 m)
Crop or cover (CDL)Deciduous ForestUSDA_CDL U.S. Department of Agriculture
vintage USDA CDL 2025 (30 m)
Dominant crop, 5 yearsSoybeansUSDA_CDL U.S. Department of Agriculture
vintage USDA CDL 2021-2025 dominant-crop mode
Tree canopy43%USFS_NLCD_TCC USDA Forest Service
vintage USFS/MRLC NLCD Tree Canopy Cover (latest annual, 30 m)
On protected land (PAD-US)NoPAD_US USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US)
vintage USGS PAD-US 4.1 (Protection Mechanism Category combined layer)
Surface managerPrivate or unknownBLM_SMA Bureau of Land Management
Annual precipitation (normal)840 mm (33 in)NOAA_NCEI_NORMALS_GRIDDED National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
vintage NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 gridded (nClimGrid) monthly normals v1.0, annual layers
Days above 32 °C a year3 daysNOAA_NCEI_NCLIMGRID_DAILY National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
vintage NOAA nClimGrid-Daily v1.0 (scaled), 1991-2020 mean annual day counts
Solar resource (GHI)3.81 kWh/m²/dayJRC_PVGIS_NSRDB See source_url
Mean wind speed at 100 m7.0 m/sNREL_WIND_TOOLKIT NREL WIND Toolkit (Draxl et al., 2015)
vintage NREL WIND Toolkit CONUS v1.0.0, 2007-2013 (5-min, 2 km)
Wind capacity factor34%NREL_REV_LANDBASED_WIND_SC_2024 NREL reV supply curves, Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI)
vintage NREL reV land-based wind SC 2024 (Open access)
Nearest substation (69 kV+)7.1 km (4.4 mi)EIA_POWER U.S. Energy Information Administration
Nearest gas pipeline12.8 km (7.9 mi)EIA_ATLAS U.S. Energy Information Administration
Electric utilityWISCONSIN PUBLIC SERVICE CORPEIA_POWER U.S. Energy Information Administration
vintage HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories
In a public water service areaNoEPA_CWS_SERVICE_AREAS U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
vintage V3.0 (2026-03-17)
Depth to water, nearest monitored well1.8 m (6 ft)USGS_NWIS_OGC U.S. Geological Survey
vintage USGS Water Data discrete groundwater-level field measurements (latest per well)
Nearest major road407 mOVERTURE_TRANSPORTATION © Overture Maps Foundation, © OpenStreetMap contributors
vintage 2026-10-21.0
Nearest fire station7.4 km (4.6 mi)OVERTURE_PLACES © Overture Maps Foundation
vintage 2026-10-21.0
Nearest hospital8.8 km (5.4 mi)OVERTURE_PLACES © Overture Maps Foundation
vintage 2026-10-21.0
Nearest school6.8 km (4.2 mi)OVERTURE_PLACES © Overture Maps Foundation
vintage 2026-10-21.0
In an Opportunity ZoneNoHUD_OPPORTUNITY_ZONES U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Fields with no data at this point are left out. See the field catalog for all 351 fields.

Parcels

Parcel records: 3,574,638 parcels in 72 counties. Marathon County has 83,713 of them. Published by Wisconsin State Cartographer's Office / WLIP at DOA (Public, attribution); V12 (2026 release; tax roll 2025), refreshed annual.

Share of parcels with each column filled: owner name 98%, site address 70%, total value 88%, land use 88%. Not published here: sale date, zoning, year built.

The parcel under the sample point is 38.9 acres; its public record includes owner name, mailing address, total value, land value, land-use code. parcel_enrich returns that record for any parcel you ask about, and parcel_search finds parcels by acreage, land use or value.

Look up your own site

curl https://api.isopleth.dev/v1/fetch -H "Authorization: Bearer $ISOPLETH_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"lat": 44.898036, "lng": -89.757823, "preset": "site_selection"}'

Or ask your assistant through the MCP server: “Using Isopleth, check flood zone, wetlands, soils and distance to power for [your address in Marathon County, Wisconsin].”

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