Blair, Wisconsin
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Blair City. It lies in ZIP code area 54616. It stands on Tappen Coulee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Blair quadrangle. 1,325 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 853 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBlair fell from 1,366 to 1,325 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 | 1,366 | |
| 2020 | 1,325 | -41 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1927 USGS Blair quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Blair quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Blair quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Winona quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Blair between 2012 and 2020, burning about 12 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 34 |
| 7 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 26 |
| 14 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 29 |
| 14 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 31 |
| 6 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20 |
| 5 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 5051820 |
| 4 April 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.6 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HAMILTON RD |
| 20 April 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2019021 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 29 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Blair: 16 occurrences, 12 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twesme Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Blair Sand Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Blair Sand Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| K Olson Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| N Osgood Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Nehring Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Rich Tuff Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| A Loutsch Dolomite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Bear Creek Shale Deposit #1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Blair Shale Deposit #1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
25 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blair in 25 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 11 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 3 heavy rain, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2006 | Lightning | Blair | 1 killed, 1 hurt | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blair | $3,500,000 | Thunderstorms impacted the central portion of Trempealeau County near and in Blair. Nearly every structure in Blair was either damaged or destroyed by the hail or wind, with broken windows, siding or roof damage. The Blair-Taylor high and elementary schools suffered major damage to their roofs. A 25 to 30 unit mobile home park was evacuated after several mobile homes were moved off their foundations and ruptured natural gas lines. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down with power outages lasting up to 16 hours. |
| April 2026 | Tornado (EF1) | Blair | $121,000 | This tornado began west of Blair and tracked northeast resulting in damage to outbuildings, trees, and minor damage to one residence. The tornado continued into the hills north of Blair as its damage path became more intermittent, eventually dissipating west of the Trempealeau/Jackson County line. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blair | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blair | $45,000 | Several trees were blown down onto power lines. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blair | $8,000 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blair | $6,000 | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blair | $5,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down north of Blair. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blair | $3,000 | Several trees were blown down in Blair. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blair | $2,000 | Power lines were blown down, which temporarily closed State Highway 95. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blair | $2,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down in the city of Blair. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blair | $1,250 | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blair | $1,000 | Trees were blown down onto County Road D west of Blair. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Blair | - | The public reported quarter sized hail 1 mile east of Blair. |
| October 2023 | Heavy Rain | Blair | - | An automated weather observation station reported 3.74 inches of rainfall in Blair. |
| September 2016 | Hail | Blair | - | Quarter sized hail fell just southwest of Blair. |
| July 2011 | Flood | Blair | - | Heavy rain caused water to cover State Highway 95 and County Road S for a short period. |
| August 2010 | Heavy Rain | Blair | - | Total rainfall measured was 2.00 inches. |
| September 2010 | Heavy Rain | Blair | - | The storm total rainfall amounted to 6.72 inches. |
| September 2014 | Hail | Blair | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Blair | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Blair | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Blair | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Blair | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Blair | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapultepee | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Coral City | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Hegg | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Beachs Corners | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Whitehall | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Upper French Creek | 7.1 miles | 11 | |
| Iduna | 7.8 miles | 11 | |
| Ettrick | 8.9 miles | 11 |
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 Blair | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1570234 | 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 1561910. 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.






