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Amery, Wisconsin

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Amery City. It lies in ZIP code area 54001. It stands on Beaver Brook. The Survey maps it on the Amery quadrangle. 2,962 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,070 feet above sea level.

Amery within Polk County

Population over time

2 figures

Amery grew from 2,902 to 2,962 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20102,902
20202,962+60 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

8 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Amery between 2008 and 2019, burning about 18 acres 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning1
Smoking1

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
17 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources43
4 June 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources186
4 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources3919
24 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources215
18 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources205
12 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources195
28 April 2018Smoking2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18D0113
31 October 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Amery: 7 past producers, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Amery Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Apple River Sand Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Bull Brook Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Friday Creek Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lincoln Lake Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Parker Creek Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Pike Lake Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Pike Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wapogasset Branch Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wapogasset Branch Gravel Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Polk County

Storms near this place

23 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Amery in 23 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 17 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 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
September 2005Thunderstorm WindAmery$4,120,000Straight line winds estimated around 85 MPH produced significant damage on the south and east side of Amery. Emergency management reported minor damage to 26 residential and 3 business structures, major damage to 1 residential and 12 business structures, and the destruction of 7 business structures in town. Six hangars at the Amery airport including the airplanes and supplies inside were destroyed. Four other hangars received moderate damage. Debris from the airport was found up to 2 miles away. A nearby feed mill and warehouse at the local farmers co-op was a complete loss. Highway 46 South was closed for several hours due to debris in the roadway. Dozens of trees in the damage path were snapped 20 to 30 feet above the ground.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindAmery$500A large tree was blown down near Amery.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindAmery-A tree fell on a car in Amery.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindAmery-A tree fell down on a powerline.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindAmery-A delayed report was received of multiple trees and powerlines down near Amery.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindAmery-Several large trees were blown down along a swath from Amery to Clayton.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindAmery-The city of Amery had a few downed trees near Harriman Avenue and Broadway.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindAmery-Several trees were uprooted around Amery, Wisconsin.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindAmery-Several large tree were blown down from Amery to Clayton, Wisconsin.
July 2008Tornado (EF0)Amery-Numerous trees broken or toppled.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindAmery-A few trees felled.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindAmery-Several large trees and numerous branches down.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindAmery-Tree down across road.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindAmery-Tree down across road.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindAmery-Trees were downed in Alden Township, over roads near County Road C and 30th Avenue.
September 2006Thunderstorm WindAmery-Trees felled.
June 2005Funnel CloudAmery-A trained spotter saw a funnel cloud while looking north on County Road 46.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindAmery-Power lines were blown down onto County Road F west of town. Trees were downed in town.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindAmery-A few trees down over road.
August 1995HailAmery-Shed and grain bin damage near Black Brook Dam.
July 2010HailAmery-no account filed
August 2004HailAmery-no account filed
May 2001HailAmery-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Polk 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
Deronda3.5 miles13
Little Falls3.8 miles13
Clear Lake6.1 miles14
Wanderoos7.0 miles13
Range7.4 miles14
Joel7.7 miles12
Richardson8.6 miles12
Ubet9.4 miles22

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 AmeryAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1569395The 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 1560828. 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.