Barre Mills, Wisconsin
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Barre town. It lies in ZIP code area 54601. It lies near Garbers Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Saint Joseph quadrangle. It stands 725 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1927 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:62500
- 1930 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS St. Joseph quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Barre Mills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3 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 | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2020052 |
| 14 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2002887 |
| 28 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 8048 |
| 27 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018034 |
| 19 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2001898 |
| 22 November 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1906274 |
| 15 November 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 November 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1906110 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Barre Mills: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bahr Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Clements Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Kedhara Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lacrosse County Operations | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Schams Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Yy Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
17 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barre Mills in 17 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 7 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barre Mills | $150,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Barre Mills | $93,000 | A tornado occurred at 5:45 p.m. CDT in La Crosse County, WI, near Barre Mills and it was surveyed by a National Weather Service meteorologist on Sunday, June 8th. The tornado initially touched down just west of Russian Coulee Road approximately two miles east of Barre Mills (La Crosse County). There the tornado destroyed one metal barn and partially unroofed another. Much of the debris from the first barn was thrown to the north; however, some of its debris was scattered to the east for nearly a half mile up a hill. A family of five heard the tornado and they took cover in a basement. Fortunately no one was injured.||The tornado then proceeded over a hill and moved through another farmstead. It destroyed a barn and unroofed much of the adjacent house. Both soft and hardwood trees were either snapped or uprooted. ||The tornado then moved through several wooded areas as it crossed County Road II, Antony Road, County Road II again, and then Highway 162 near Souchek Road.||The path of this tornado was about 6 miles long with an average width of 600 feet. It has an EF1 rating (estimated wind speeds of 90 to 110 mph). Several nearby neighbors saw the tornado as it moved through both farmsteads. |
| March 1998 | Hail | Barre Mills | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barre Mills | $2,000 | Trees were blown down in Barre Mills. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barre Mills | $2,000 | The northbound lane of County Highway YY was blocked east of Barre Mills when trees were blown down. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barre Mills | $1,000 | A NWS employee reported a couple of trees and several large branches blown down. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barre Mills | $1,000 | Large trees were blown down. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barre Mills | $200 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Barre Mills | - | This tornado developed near State Highway 33 several miles south of Barre Mills and caused extensive tree damage in the Valleywood Springs area. This tornado then moved northeast causing additional spotty tree damage before dissipating near the intersection of County Highways M and I. Valleywood Springs would be impacted by a second tornado 10 minutes later with each tornado having its own circulation and debris signature on radar. |
| June 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Barre Mills | - | This short lived tornado developed east of La Crosse and caused damage to trees in the Valleywood Springs area. This was the second tornado to affect this area as a previous EF-1 tornado moved through the Valleywood Springs area just 10 minutes prior. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Barre Mills | - | Public reported ping pong sized hail near Barre Mills. |
| August 2018 | Heavy Rain | Barre Mills | - | Near Barre Mills, 5.88 inches of rain fell. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Barre Mills | - | Ping pong ball size hail was reported in Barre Mills. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Barre Mills | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Barre Mills | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Barre Mills | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Barre Mills | - | 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 Salem | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Holiday Heights | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| Medary | 5.2 miles | 18 | |
| Cold Springs | 5.2 miles | 18 | |
| Saint Joseph | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Shelby | 5.6 miles | 18 | |
| Grand Crossing | 6.1 miles | 18 | |
| Onalaska | 7.1 miles | 17 |
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 Barre Mills | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4863289 | 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 1561196. 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.









