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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 6 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.
- 1951 USGS Gilman quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Bellinger quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Medford quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
74 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 35 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.7 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2011 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 July 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 June 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 June 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Drive Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Kroeplin Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ness Drive Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Penk Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Piwoni Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| School Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Yellow River Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Zubal Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 2000Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2010 | Flood | Bellinger | $112,000 | Flood 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 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bellinger | $7,000 | A 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 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bellinger | $800 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Bellinger | - | Public reported penny sized hail north of Bellinger. |
| October 2023 | Heavy Rain | Bellinger | - | A volunteer observer reported 2.68 inches of rainfall near Gad. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Bellinger | - | Quarter sized hail fell west of Goodrich. |
| September 2009 | Hail | Bellinger | - | Hail the size of nickels covered the ground. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Bellinger | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Bellinger | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bellinger | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lublin | 4.0 miles | 7 | |
| Polley | 4.6 miles | 7 | |
| Gilman | 6.3 miles | 7 | |
| Maplehurst | 8.6 miles | 7 | |
| Hannibal | 12.2 miles | 7 | |
| Hughey | 13.1 miles | 9 | |
| Perkinstown | 13.2 miles | 9 | |
| Donald | 13.3 miles | 7 |
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.




