Bay City, Wisconsin
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Isabelle town. It lies in ZIP code area 54723. It stands on Isabelle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bay City quadrangle. 441 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 692 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBay City fell from 500 to 441 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 500 | |
| 2020 | 441 | -59 (-12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1940 USGS Maiden Rock quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Maiden Rock quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Hastings quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Hastings quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Bay City between 2012 and 2020, burning about 27 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 | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.4 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.2 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 October 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Bay City: 7 past producers, 7 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bay City Sand Co Bay City Mine | Silica | Producer | ||
| Red Wing Sewer Pipe Clay Pit No 1 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Bay City Limestone Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Bridge Road Limestone Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Creek Road Limestone Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Esdaile Limestone Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Hager City Dolomite Deposit #2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Richardson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Bridge Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Funk Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bay City in 7 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bay City | $1,000 | A few trees and power lines were blown down in Bay City. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bay City | - | A large tree was blown down across Highway 35, while another was blocking the highway east of town. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bay City | - | A large tree was blown down near Bay City. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bay City | - | A large tree was downed onto a road. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bay City | - | Several trees were downed. |
| July 2000 | Hail | Bay City | - | Quarter inch hail covered the ground. |
| June 1996 | Hail | Bay City | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esdaile | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Oakridge | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Hager City | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Pucketville | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Warrentown | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| North Red Wing | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Salem | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Trenton | 6.2 miles | 15 |
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 Bay City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q812066 | 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 1561318. 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.








