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Bellinger, Wisconsin

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Taft town. It lies in ZIP code area 54771. The Survey maps it on the Bellinger quadrangle.

Bellinger within Taylor County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 6 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

74 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Bellinger between 1992 and 2020, burning about 149 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 17 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
Debris and open burning35
Arson/incendiarism17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Other causes4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
19 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 August 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.7 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 July 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 July 2011Fireworksunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 July 1994Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 June 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 June 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Taylor County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Bellinger: 5 past producers, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. 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
Diamond Drive Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Kroeplin Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ness Drive Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Penk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Piwoni Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
School Road Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Yellow River Gravel Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Zubal PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Taylor County

Storms near this place

10 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bellinger in 10 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2010FloodBellinger$112,000Flood waters caused several road closures around the county. Specific roads impacted were County Road C north of Goodrich as well as Oriole Drive just east of Stetsonville. In Medford, the Black River came within a few feet of the Curling Club, while the Rib River in Goodrich was within a few inches of the bottom of the bridge on State Highway 64. Due to road closures, the Medford school was closed on the 24th. The rain began the evening of the 22nd and continued until the early morning hours of the 24th, with the majority falling by mid afternoon on the 23rd. Rainfall totals across the county amounted to 4.58 inches at Gad, 3.40 inches at Medford, and 3.27 inches at Jump River.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindBellinger$7,000A roof was blown off an older building along County Highway A about a mile west of the Marathon County line. At the next farm, located just to the northwest, some trees were blown down.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindBellinger$800no account filed
July 2023HailBellinger-Public reported penny sized hail north of Bellinger.
October 2023Heavy RainBellinger-A volunteer observer reported 2.68 inches of rainfall near Gad.
August 2018HailBellinger-Quarter sized hail fell west of Goodrich.
September 2009HailBellinger-Hail the size of nickels covered the ground.
May 2012HailBellinger-no account filed
May 2012HailBellinger-no account filed
April 2004Thunderstorm WindBellinger-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Taylor 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
Lublin4.0 miles7
Polley4.6 miles7
Gilman6.3 miles7
Maplehurst8.6 miles7
Hannibal12.2 miles7
Hughey13.1 miles9
Perkinstown13.2 miles9
Donald13.3 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1561543. 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.