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Bagley, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Bagley Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53801. It lies near Glass Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Brodtville quadrangle. 356 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 640 feet above sea level.

Bagley within Grant County

On record in Bagley

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Bagley fell from 379 to 356 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
2010379
2020356-23 (-6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

21 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Bagley between 2000 and 2019, burning about 47 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 were 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
Arson/incendiarism7
Debris and open burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 August 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesDRY HOLLOW FIRE
16 May 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGreat Lakes AgencyPOPPLETOWN FUZZ 3
9 April 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources13A2019
7 April 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 April 2003Smoking12 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 April 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesMETAL GARDEN FIRE
16 April 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 April 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grant County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Bagley: 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Industrial/Frac Sand, Silica, 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
Pattison Sand Co.Sand and Gravel, Industrial/Frac Sand, SilicaProducerSand
QuarryLeadPast ProducerGalena
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Blume QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Clark QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dallas Cohen QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sny Magill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Grant County

Storms near this place

26 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bagley in 26 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 6 hail, 2 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
July 2007Flash FloodBagley$2,200,000Flash flood waters backed up in town as debris blocked area bridges. The water was three to four feet deep in places and propane gas containers began floating on the Mississippi River. Property damage in town was extensive.
April 2008Flash FloodBagley$800,000More than 20 roads were reported closed due to flash flooding. In fact, several roads remained closed, even one week after the heavy rains. There was also damage to bridges and culverts. For example, Ellenboro Road Bridge was closed for nearly a week after the heavy rains due to damage from a large amount of debris hitting the bridge. In addition, numerous farm fields were either water logged or had significant soil erosion, which could delay spring planting significantly.
August 2025Flash FloodBagley$300,000Emergency management reported debris blocking a railroad bridge resulting in storm water to overflow into portions of Bagley. This resulted in the inundation of several residences and prompted evacuations in the town.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindBagley$95,000Jellystone Campground was hit with many campers damaged.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindBagley$25,000no account filed
July 2017Thunderstorm WindBagley$15,000A tree was blown down onto a apartment building in Bagley.
May 1999HailBagley$15,000no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindBagley$15,000no account filed
September 2018FloodBagley$10,000After thunderstorms with heavy rain moved across Grant County, a few county roads were covered with water.
October 2018Flash FloodBagley$5,000With already saturated ground, some flash flooding occurred across Grant County after a round of thunderstorms moved across the area. Water covered several roads including State Highway 81 between Cassville and Beetown and near Ellenboro. County Highway E had water over it between Stitzer and Livingston and County Highway O was closed between Potosi and Platteville.
May 2008HailBagley$5,000no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindBagley$2,500no account filed
June 2018Flash FloodBagley$2,000A mudslide occurred south of Bagley and the debris covered a 75 to 100 foot section of County Road A near Sandy Road.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindBagley$1,000Small trees were blown down in Bagley.
June 2001HailBagley$750no account filed
December 2021Thunderstorm WindBagley-An estimated 63 mph wind gust occurred in Bagley.
March 2017HailBagley-Quarter sized hail was reported in Bagley.
May 2013Flash FloodBagley-Heavy rain caused water to spread over several roads in Bagley as the drainage system was not able to keep up the rain. Streams in the area were running very high.
June 2013Flash FloodBagley-Heavy rain produced rapidly rising water in the Bagley area that forced the evacuation of one trailer home and caused water to go over County Highway X. Water also covered State Highway 35 in Patch Grove.
May 2013Tornado (EF0)Bagley-A small tornado crossed the Mississippi River from Clayton County going through a campground north of Bagley before dissipating.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindBagley-Several reports of 70 mile per hour winds were received from Bagley south to Glen Haven and east to Bloomington across the northwest portion of Grant County.
June 2011HailBagley-no account filed
June 2002HailBagley-no account filed
August 2001FloodBagley-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindBagley-no account filed
June 1996Tornado (F0)Bagley-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Grant 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
Wyalusing3.4 miles14
Brodtville4.3 miles12
Glen Haven5.7 miles13
Patch Grove7.3 miles16
North Andover9.5 miles16
Bloomington9.5 miles16
Diamond Grove12.4 miles16
Millville12.6 miles10

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 BagleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1851574The 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 1561083. 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.