BlockBancroft, Wisconsin
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Pine Grove town. It lies in ZIP code area 54921. It lies near The Ledge. The Survey maps it on the Bancroft quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Whiting quadrangle1:48000
- 1970 USGS Bancroft quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Wisconsin Rapids quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
92 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Bancroft between 1992 and 2020, burning about 366 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 35 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | WHEEL FIRE 2 |
| 24 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | WHEEL FIRE 1 |
| 10 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | LIGHTNING ARRESTOR FIRE |
| 7 July 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 July 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
18 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bancroft in 18 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 8 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2019 | Flood | Bancroft | $105,000 | Runoff from rainfall and snow melt combined to flood roads and low-lying areas, mainly in and around Park Ridge, Plover, Bancroft and Almond. The runoff also caused flooding of other low-lying and poor drainage areas. The Village of Plover's wastewater system was inundated with water and there was also considerable road and yard flooding in the village. Four homes sustained minor flood damage, and some roads were also damage by the flooding and required repairs after the water receded. A county-wide state of emergency was declared on March 14th and the City of Park Ridge also declared a state of emergency that same day. |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bancroft | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Flood | Bancroft | $1,000 | Heavy rainfall caused street flooding in Bancroft. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bancroft | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Bancroft | - | A tornado developed near Bancroft at 5:52 pm CDT, then tracked north before lifting at 6:03 pm CDT. The start of the tornado was noted by trees across a road near the start of the path, with the rest of the tornado occurring over open area that was void of clear damage indicators. Total path length is estimated to be 5.21 miles long, with a width of 45 yards. Peak wind estimated to be around 65 mph. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Bancroft | - | Nickle size hail fell in Bancroft. |
| September 2017 | Hail | Bancroft | - | Golf ball size hail fell east of Bancroft. |
| September 2017 | Hail | Bancroft | - | Golf ball size hail fell northwest of Almond. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Bancroft | - | A thunderstorm dropped quarter size hail and produced a wind gust to 40 mph as it passed through Bancroft. |
| July 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Bancroft | - | A weak tornado briefly touched down in an open field just west of Interstate 39 in far southern Portage County. The tornado, which was observed by a storm spotter, did no damage. The average path width of the tornado was estimated to be 10 yards. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Bancroft | - | Thunderstorms produced penny size hail that fell around Almond near Interstate Highway 39. |
| May 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Bancroft | - | A spotter reported a funnel cloud over Bancroft. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Bancroft | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Lightning | Bancroft | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Bancroft | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bancroft | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bancroft | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Bancroft | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Bancroft | 1.0 miles | 7 | |
| West Almond | 3.2 miles | 6 | |
| Keene | 4.5 miles | 6 | |
| Coddington | 4.6 miles | 7 | |
| Almond | 6.7 miles | 6 | |
| Plover | 10.2 miles | 7 | |
| Blaine | 10.5 miles | 6 | |
| Arnott | 10.8 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1561145. 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.
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.