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Bateman, Wisconsin

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lafayette town. It lies in ZIP code area 54729. The Survey maps it on the Lake Wissota quadrangle.

Bateman within Chippewa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

15 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Bateman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 28 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning5
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1

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
7 May 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19130
2 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18097
8 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19097
6 April 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 April 2018Arson/incendiarism11 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesWISSOTA FIRE
22 April 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2019035
29 March 2012Debris and open burning15 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chippewa County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Bateman: 4 producers. All of them still produce. 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
Colony PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Perrenoud PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Toutant PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Chippewa County

Storms near this place

17 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bateman in 17 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 heavy rain, 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
May 2017LightningBateman$60,000Chippewa Falls fire crews said that a lightning strike caused $60,000 worth of damage to a home in the Town of Lafayette Monday afternoon.
July 2017Flash FloodBateman$25,000The approach on both sides of a bridge were taken out early this morning due to heavy rain. The location was on 20th Avenue approximately .8 miles east of County Hwy K in the Town of Lafayette, Chippewa County. The area reportedly received about three inches of rain overnight. The township also had shoulder damage at County Hwy J and 190th Street.
August 2013Tornado (EF0)Bateman$25,000A storm chaser videotaped a tornado touching down just northwest of Cadott. It touched down about one mile west of the intersection of County Highway O and XX and traveled just south of County O, dissipating as it reached County XX. One barn was heavily damaged and had to be torn down. An unused old barn was also heavily damaged. Tree damage was also noted.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindBateman$10,000A large tree fell on a home and caused significant damage to the roof and electronic gear on the upper floor.
July 2025HailBateman-Photo confirmed hail up to 1 inch in diameter and damage to siding of a house from hail.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindBateman-Eight inch diameter branch downed.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindBateman-A social media picture of large pine trees blown over near 50th Avenue and Lake Wissota.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindBateman-A large tree blew down in Lake Wissota State Park. There was a public weather wind sensor that measured 68 mph wind gust near the area.
December 2021Tornado (EF0)Bateman-The tornado uprooted or broke hundreds of trees. Many trees landed on houses. Shingles were also removed from portions of two roofs. Soffits were torn away from three houses.
June 2020Flash FloodBateman-Several roads were impassable at times, especially from the city of Cadott, northeastward to Otter Lake.
June 2020Heavy RainBateman-A measured rainfall report of 2.69 inches occurred over the past 12 hours near Bateman.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindBateman-A few trees were blown down on the east side of Lake Wissota, in Chippewa Falls.
September 2015Flash FloodBateman-Local county officials, trained observers, and the general public indicated widespread flooding across portions of northwest and western Chippewa County as locally 4 to 6 inches of rain fell in less than 3 hours. Several roads were closed during the height of the storm, plus the city of Chippewa Falls had some problems with flooded roadways. In addition, five feet of water was reported in the basement of one residence in Chippewa Falls and at St. Joseph's Hospital in Chippewa Falls. In addition, County Highway S was closed east of the U.S. Highway 53 due to a washout. Other roads in Chippewa county, including Highway C and State Highway 40, and Highway T at the Highway N intersection, were closed due to flood waters.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindBateman-Several trees were snapped and uprooted east of Chippewa Falls on County Road K.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindBateman-There was a swath of trees uprooted from County Hwy K to the Village of Cadott.
August 2013Heavy RainBateman-A trained spotter measured 2.58 inches of rainfall in less than one hour.
May 2022HailBateman-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Chippewa 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
Lake Wissota1.8 miles14
Anson3.6 miles14
Norma5.6 miles14
Cadott6.3 miles11
Chippewa Falls6.6 miles15
Jim Falls7.9 miles9
Irvine8.1 miles15
Hallie9.3 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1561301. 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.