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Belleville, Wisconsin

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Belleville Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53508. It stands on West Branch Sugar River. The Survey maps it on the Belleville quadrangle. 2,491 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 873 feet above sea level.

Belleville within Dane County

On record in Belleville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

8 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Belleville between 2007 and 2020, burning about 72 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
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
9 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19-109
25 August 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesTRACTOR FIRE
5 April 2020Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources40
29 April 2018Smoking3.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1806351
28 April 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1806349
23 April 2014Debris and open burning65 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesDODGEVILLE CO-OP 8
30 March 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19310
3 November 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dane County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Belleville: 1 past producer, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
FreitagStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hoesley QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dane County

Storms near this place

23 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Belleville in 23 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 16 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flood, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2018FloodBelleville$1,000,000The Sugar River rose rapidly in Belleville and flooded Belleville Communitiy Park and some neighborhoods. Nine families were evacuated from the east side of the town. The highway 69 bridge was closed and highway 92 was closed between River St. and County Road PB due to high water from the Sugar River.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindBelleville$15,000Powerful thunderstorm winds gusts knocked down several large trees and power-lines.
February 1999Thunderstorm WindBelleville$10,000no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindBelleville$5,000Large tree branches and power lines down.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindBelleville$3,000Tree damage in Belleville.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindBelleville$3,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindBelleville$3,000no account filed
July 2017Thunderstorm WindBelleville$2,000Large tree branches down.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindBelleville$2,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindBelleville$2,000no account filed
July 2017Thunderstorm WindBelleville$1,000Greater than 2 inch diameter tree branches down.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindBelleville$1,000no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindBelleville-Measured wind gust.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindBelleville-Straight line winds measured on a home weather station.
June 2014HailBelleville-Hail sizes ranged from 0.75 to 1.25 inches.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindBelleville-Several large trees were uprooted as the rain and small hail moved horizontally.
June 2008Flash FloodBelleville-Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding as water reached depths of 3 feet or more and several cars stalled. This was the 4th of 6 flash floods in Dane County on 3 different days. The first one occurred on June 7th, the next two on June 8th, and the last three on June 12th. In all six cases, damage to homes, businesses, and crops was noted. It was nearly impossible to break down the damages by flash flood event. Therefore, the collective breakdown is provided in the last June 12th flash flood StormData entry for Dane County. On June 12th, 2.57 inches of rain fell at Madison Truax Field, breaking the old record rainfall for the date which was 1.20 inches (June 8, 1877).
June 2008Tornado (EF1)Belleville-This tornado in south-central Dane County was a continuation of a tornado that spun up mid-way between the city of New Glarus and the village of Postville in northwest Green County. It entered Dane County on the west side of the city of Belleville and then moved northeast through the Lake Belle View area and drossed STH 69 about 1 mile north of the county line, and ultimately dissipated southeast of Basco, near CTH A. Luckily only tree damage occurred - of the uprooted tree or broken tree branch variety. The starting and ending locations in Dane County, with respect to lat/long pairs of numbers, were 42.85690/-89.55898 and 42.90230/-89.49764. DI#27 (TH), DOD3. Wind speed estimated at 83-87 knots (95-100 mph). The average path width in Dane County was about 60 yards.
April 2023HailBelleville-no account filed
April 2006HailBelleville-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindBelleville-no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindBelleville-no account filed
August 2002FloodBelleville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dane 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
Montrose (historical)2.6 miles15
Basco3.8 miles15
Paoli4.9 miles15
Primrose (historical)7.2 miles14
Fitchburg7.9 miles20
Oak Hall8.2 miles20
Mount Vernon8.7 miles14
Verona9.1 miles15

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 BellevilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2609930The 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 1561535. 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.