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Abbotsford, Wisconsin

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It lies in ZIP code area 54405. The Survey maps it on the Abbotsford quadrangle. 2,275 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,407 feet above sea level.

Abbotsford within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

3 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Abbotsford between 2019 and 2020, burning under an acre in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
16 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20042
5 May 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19027
20 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19025

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Abbotsford: 12 past producers, 7 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Flagstone. 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
Dorchester QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Clark County Highway Dept. PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Francis Melvin Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gierl Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kunze Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Lincoln Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Morris Gierl Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Popple Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Washington Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Branching Waters Granite DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Clark County

Storms near this place

17 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Abbotsford in 17 storm reports between 2001 and 2020: 8 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
June 2002Tornado (F1)Abbotsford2 hurt, $100,000no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindAbbotsford$15,000no account filed
July 2019Thunderstorm WindAbbotsford$10,000Trees and power lines were blown down in Abbotsford and Colby. Additional power lines were downed along State Highway 13 north of Abbotsford.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindAbbotsford$8,000no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindAbbotsford$7,000no account filed
September 2018FloodAbbotsford$5,000Runoff from heavy rain caused water to go over roads near Abbotsford.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindAbbotsford$1,250no account filed
July 2010Thunderstorm WindAbbotsford$1,000Amateur radio operators reported a tree down and a power outage in the city of Abbotsford.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindAbbotsford-An estimated 60 mph wind gust occurred just north of Abbotsford.
September 2014FloodAbbotsford-Locally heavy rain caused street flooding to occur in Abbottsford.
July 2011Heavy RainAbbotsford-In less than an hour and a half, thunderstorms dumped 3.50 inches of rain on Abbotsford.
May 2008HailAbbotsford-Penny size hail was observed 2 miles south of Abbotsford, as reported by WAOW-TV.
August 2020HailAbbotsford-no account filed
April 2009HailAbbotsford-no account filed
July 2007Thunderstorm WindAbbotsford-no account filed
April 2002HailAbbotsford-no account filed
April 2002HailAbbotsford-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clark 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
Colby2.5 miles11
Dorchester4.0 miles6
Curtiss6.3 miles11
Unity6.5 miles11
Riplinger9.6 miles11
Atwood9.7 miles11
Bright12.2 miles11
Owen13.2 miles11

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 AbbotsfordAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1570511The 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 1560663. 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.