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Birnamwood, Wisconsin

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Birnamwood Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54414. The Survey maps it on the Birnamwood quadrangle. 730 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,302 feet above sea level.

Birnamwood within Shawano County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

44 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Birnamwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 48 acres in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning13
Equipment and vehicle use12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

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
6 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 August 1995Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesWOOD BROTHERS WELDER
20 June 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 May 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 May 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesBOWLER ASSIST
31 May 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesFRIDAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shawano County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Birnamwood: 11 occurrences, 8 past producers. 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
Albert Fandrey Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Bernard Fuller Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Birnamwood Gravel Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Birnamwood Gravel Deposit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Birnamwood Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Birnamwood Gravel Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Birnamwood Gravel Pit #3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Carlson Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Dobratz Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Eland Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Shawano County

Storms near this place

13 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Birnamwood in 13 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 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
April 2025Tornado (EF0)Birnamwood-A tornado developed near Birnamwood at 10:00 pm CDT, then tracked northeast before lifting at 10:02 pm CDT. The tornado produced damage to an outbuilding and uprooted trees. Total path length is estimated to be 1.88 miles long, with a width of 55 yards. Peak wind estimated to be around 80 mph.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindBirnamwood-Thunderstorm winds downed trees near Birnamwood. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindBirnamwood-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Birnamwood.
May 2022HailBirnamwood-Quarter size hail fell in Birnamwood.
September 2020HailBirnamwood-Half dollar size hail fell near Birnamwood.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindBirnamwood-Thunderstorm winds uprooted a few trees in Birnamwood.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindBirnamwood-Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Birnamwood.
July 2016FloodBirnamwood-Heavy rainfall from thunderstorms caused many streets to flood in Birnamwood.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindBirnamwood-Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees and power lines in Birnamwood.
July 2012HailBirnamwood-Golf ball size hail fell in Birnamwood, near the intersection of U.S. Highway 45 and Church Road.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindBirnamwood-Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Birnamwood and tore the roof from a telephone building.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindBirnamwood-Strong thunderstorm winds downed a few trees and large tree limbs in Birnamwood.
July 2007Funnel CloudBirnamwood-A funnel cloud, that nearly touched down, was reported by the public and relayed via the sheriff's department. Listed time is approximate.

Every storm recorded in Shawano 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
Eland4.3 miles7
Aniwa5.2 miles8
Paac Ciinak6.2 miles7
Shepley7.5 miles7
Wittenberg7.6 miles7
Mattoon10.1 miles9
Regina10.3 miles7
Whitcomb11.4 miles7

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 BirnamwoodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2671297The 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 1561822. 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.