Blaine, Wisconsin
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Belmont town. It lies in ZIP code area 54909. The Survey maps it on the Blaine quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Amherst quadrangle1:48000
- 1969 USGS Blaine quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wisconsin Rapids quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
113 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Blaine between 1992 and 2020, burning about 425 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 10 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 | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | PROCESSOR FIRE |
| 28 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BARBER CHAIR FIRE |
| 17 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 July 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | CAMPER FIRE |
| 4 July 2012 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | FIREWORKS |
| 4 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Storms near this place
6 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blaine in 6 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 5 hail, 1 tornado. 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 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Blaine | $200,000 | no account filed |
| March 2025 | Hail | Blaine | - | Nickel size hail fell near Blaine. |
| September 2017 | Hail | Blaine | - | Nickel size hail fell northwest of Blaine. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Blaine | - | Thunderstorms produced penny size hail that fell north of Wild Rose. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Blaine | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Blaine | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Almond | 6.0 miles | 6 | |
| West Almond | 7.9 miles | 6 | |
| Keene | 9.3 miles | 6 | |
| Amherst | 9.9 miles | 6 | |
| Bancroft | 10.5 miles | 7 | |
| Amherst Junction | 11.0 miles | 6 | |
| Fancher | 11.2 miles | 6 | |
| West Bancroft | 11.4 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1561908. 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.
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.



