Biron, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Biron Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54494. It stands on Mosquito Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wisconsin Rapids North quadrangle. 839 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,024 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBiron grew from 839 to 839 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 | 839 | |
| 2020 | 839 | 0 (0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Wisconsin Rapids quadrangle1:48000
- 1967 USGS Wisconsin Rapids quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Wisconsin Rapids North quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wisconsin Rapids quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
143 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Biron between 1992 and 2020, burning about 190 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 |
| Debris and open burning | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 28 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1832792 |
| 13 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | NORTH SHORE CLEARING FIRE |
| 3 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | WAZEECHA FIRE |
| 28 August 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BIRON DR EAST |
| 26 August 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2032551 |
| 2 August 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 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
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Biron: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wood County Operations | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Biron in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 4 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Hail | Biron | - | Half dollar size hail fell near Biron. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Biron | - | Penny size hail fell east of Wisconsin Rapids, and winds downed several 1 to 2 inch diameter tree branches throughout town. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Biron | - | Quarter size hail fell in Biron. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Biron | - | A thunderstorm dropped ping pong ball size hail as it passed through Biron. |
| July 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Biron | - | A funnel cloud was reported at the intersection of State Highway 34 and Reddin Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin Rapids | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Lake Wazeecha | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Rudolph | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Port Edwards | 6.8 miles | 8 | |
| Eight Corners | 8.3 miles | 8 | |
| Nekoosa Junction | 8.3 miles | 8 | |
| Nekoosa | 10.1 miles | 8 | |
| Vesper | 10.5 miles | 8 |
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 Biron | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2664780 | 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 1561824. 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.




