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.
Population over time
2 figuresAmery 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,902 | |
| 2020 | 2,962 | +60 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1950 USGS Balsam Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Balsam Lake SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Amery quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2008Regional 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/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 43 |
| 4 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 186 |
| 4 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 3919 |
| 24 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 215 |
| 18 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 205 |
| 12 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 195 |
| 28 April 2018 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18D0113 |
| 31 October 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amery Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Apple River Sand Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Bull Brook Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Friday Creek Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lincoln Lake Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Parker Creek Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Pike Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Pike Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wapogasset Branch Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wapogasset Branch Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
23 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amery | $4,120,000 | Straight 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amery | $500 | A large tree was blown down near Amery. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amery | - | A tree fell on a car in Amery. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amery | - | A tree fell down on a powerline. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amery | - | A delayed report was received of multiple trees and powerlines down near Amery. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amery | - | Several large trees were blown down along a swath from Amery to Clayton. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amery | - | The city of Amery had a few downed trees near Harriman Avenue and Broadway. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amery | - | Several trees were uprooted around Amery, Wisconsin. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amery | - | Several large tree were blown down from Amery to Clayton, Wisconsin. |
| July 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Amery | - | Numerous trees broken or toppled. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amery | - | A few trees felled. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amery | - | Several large trees and numerous branches down. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amery | - | Tree down across road. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amery | - | Tree down across road. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amery | - | Trees were downed in Alden Township, over roads near County Road C and 30th Avenue. |
| September 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amery | - | Trees felled. |
| June 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Amery | - | A trained spotter saw a funnel cloud while looking north on County Road 46. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amery | - | Power lines were blown down onto County Road F west of town. Trees were downed in town. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amery | - | A few trees down over road. |
| August 1995 | Hail | Amery | - | Shed and grain bin damage near Black Brook Dam. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Amery | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Amery | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Amery | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deronda | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Little Falls | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Clear Lake | 6.1 miles | 14 | |
| Wanderoos | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Range | 7.4 miles | 14 | |
| Joel | 7.7 miles | 12 | |
| Richardson | 8.6 miles | 12 | |
| Ubet | 9.4 miles | 22 |
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 Amery | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1569395 | The 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.








