Bloomer, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Bloomer City. It lies in ZIP code area 54724. It stands on Como Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bloomer quadrangle. 3,683 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 994 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBloomer grew from 3,539 to 3,683 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 | 3,539 | |
| 2020 | 3,683 | +144 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1949 USGS Bloomer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Bloomer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Bloomer quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Bloomer quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
19 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Bloomer between 1994 and 2019, burning about 20 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 5218 |
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 5619 |
| 27 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | ANGRY FORESTER FIRE |
| 13 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BLOWN TIRE FIRE |
| 5 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 3719 |
| 4 June 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 3919 |
| 4 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2619 |
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 Bloomer: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derks Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
33 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bloomer in 33 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 14 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 heavy rain. 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 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomer | $600,000 | Several barns and silos down, few garages and sheds destroyed, minor house damage, many hundreds of trees down in a swath several miles wide. About 80 roads were blocked by fallen trees. Damage figure includes totals from all storms in Chippewa County from 1735 to 1850. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomer | $500,000 | Roof blown off Moose Lodge, numerous trees and power lines down. |
| September 2015 | Flash Flood | Bloomer | $25,000 | Several reports on media and on social media had significant flooding along the Como Creek, near Bloomer. It closed parts of Highway 40, along the creek, west of Bloomer for several hours in the morning. In addition, a social media picture had street flooding on Duncan Creek in the town of Bloomer. The flood waters also had covered up Bloomer High School practice football field, a baseball field and the old playground for elementary school. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomer | $1,000 | A large tree was snapped off northeast of Bloomer. A photo was sent through social media. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomer | $500 | Several large trees were uprooted in the south part of Bloomer, Wisconsin. The pictures were sent through social media via a local TV station. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomer | - | Measured with home weather station. Several tree branches down. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomer | - | A post on social media showed a few medium to large trees down and large branches snapped. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Bloomer | - | Strong thunderstorm produced mainly 2-inch diameter hail but there was one spikey hail stone that measured 3 inches diameter. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Bloomer | - | There was a photo of 2 diameter hail that was sent on social media. |
| May 2016 | Heavy Rain | Bloomer | - | A 3.00 inch rainfall report was measured by the local emergency manager. |
| August 2016 | Heavy Rain | Bloomer | - | An observed measured 4.50 inches of rainfall Tuesday evening. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Bloomer | - | One to two feet of flowing water was reported on 17th Avenue, in the city of Bloomer. In addition, water was over the road on Highway 64 and Q. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomer | - | Trees down near County Road Q and 157th Avenue. Power lines also knocked down. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomer | - | A few trees were downed. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomer | - | Nearly 100 trees down on farm near Highway 64. Roof blown off barn. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Bloomer | - | Hail swath extended to Lake Holcombe. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomer | - | Several trees toppled over roads. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomer | - | Trees up to 10 inches in diameter downed. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomer | - | Shed destroyed. Estimated windspeed. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Bloomer | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Bloomer | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Hail | Bloomer | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomer | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Bloomer | - | no account filed |
| September 2016 | Hail | Bloomer | - | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Hail | Bloomer | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Bloomer | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Bloomer | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Bloomer | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Bloomer | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Bloomer | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Funnel Cloud | Bloomer | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomer | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagleton | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Eagle Point | 6.8 miles | 9 | |
| Tilden | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| New Auburn | 8.1 miles | 7 | |
| Howard | 10.7 miles | 13 | |
| Albertville | 11.3 miles | 13 | |
| Norma | 12.0 miles | 14 | |
| Jim Falls | 12.1 miles | 9 |
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 Bloomer | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1570143 | 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 1561930. 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.





