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Bakerville, Wisconsin

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Lincoln town. It lies in ZIP code area 54449. It stands on South Branch Yellow River. The Survey maps it on the Marshfield quadrangle.

Bakerville within Wood County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

9 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Bakerville between 2018 and 2020, burning about 7 acres 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/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2
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
27 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2009272
8 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources164
25 June 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1906799
12 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2005074
25 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2004849
21 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2004798
21 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2004792
29 December 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2012241

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wood County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bakerville: 1 past producer. 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
Plantz Brothers Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wood County

Storms near this place

9 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bakerville in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2016Flash FloodBakerville$64,000Runoff from heavy rainfall caused flooded roads, and caused damage to roads and bridges, especially across the western part of the county.
August 2021Flash FloodBakerville$61,500Thunderstorms dumped 3 to 5 inches of rain over northern Wood County during the evening hours. This caused several roads to be closed due to flash flooding with several reports of cars stalled out.
March 2025HailBakerville-Penny size hail fell near Marshfield.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindBakerville-Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Marshfield and partially blocked roads.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindBakerville-Thunderstorm winds downed trees just west of Marshfield.
July 2022Flash FloodBakerville-Thunderstorms produced 2 to 4 inches of rain during the early morning hours, causing flooding across portions of Wood County.
August 2015HailBakerville-A thunderstorm dropped penny size hail and produced wind gusts to around 50 mph, that downed small branches, west of Marshfield.
August 2011Funnel CloudBakerville-A funnel cloud was spotted near CR-B and CR-BB, southwest of Marshfield.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindBakerville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wood 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
Nasonville2.9 miles11
Marshfield3.8 miles11
Hewitt6.4 miles11
Lindsey6.6 miles11
Bethel9.1 miles11
Auburndale11.2 miles11
Arpin11.4 miles11
Pittsville13.9 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1561114. 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.