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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.

Blair within Trempealeau County

Population over time

2 figures

Blair 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,366
20201,325-41 (-3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

10 since 2012

Regional 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/undetermined6
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning2

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
15 August 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources34
7 June 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources26
14 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources29
14 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources31
6 May 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20
5 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources5051820
4 April 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.6 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesHAMILTON RD
20 April 2019Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2019021

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Trempealeau County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Twesme QuarryStoneUnknown
Blair Sand Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Blair Sand Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
K Olson Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
N Osgood Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Nehring Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Rich Tuff Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
A Loutsch Dolomite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Bear Creek Shale Deposit #1Stone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Blair Shale Deposit #1Stone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Trempealeau County

Storms near this place

25 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2006LightningBlair1 killed, 1 hurtno account filed
May 2012Thunderstorm WindBlair$3,500,000Thunderstorms 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 2026Tornado (EF1)Blair$121,000This 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 1995Thunderstorm WindBlair$50,000no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindBlair$45,000Several trees were blown down onto power lines.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindBlair$8,000no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindBlair$6,000no account filed
July 2019Thunderstorm WindBlair$5,000Several trees and power lines were blown down north of Blair.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindBlair$3,000Several trees were blown down in Blair.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindBlair$2,000Power lines were blown down, which temporarily closed State Highway 95.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindBlair$2,000Trees and power lines were blown down in the city of Blair.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindBlair$1,250no account filed
July 2014Thunderstorm WindBlair$1,000Trees were blown down onto County Road D west of Blair.
May 2024HailBlair-The public reported quarter sized hail 1 mile east of Blair.
October 2023Heavy RainBlair-An automated weather observation station reported 3.74 inches of rainfall in Blair.
September 2016HailBlair-Quarter sized hail fell just southwest of Blair.
July 2011FloodBlair-Heavy rain caused water to cover State Highway 95 and County Road S for a short period.
August 2010Heavy RainBlair-Total rainfall measured was 2.00 inches.
September 2010Heavy RainBlair-The storm total rainfall amounted to 6.72 inches.
September 2014HailBlair-no account filed
June 2006HailBlair-no account filed
June 2001HailBlair-no account filed
June 2001HailBlair-no account filed
September 2000HailBlair-no account filed
July 1999HailBlair-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Trempealeau 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
Chapultepee5.5 miles11
Coral City6.3 miles12
Hegg6.3 miles13
Beachs Corners6.4 miles13
Whitehall6.6 miles12
Upper French Creek7.1 miles11
Iduna7.8 miles11
Ettrick8.9 miles11

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 BlairAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1570234The 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.