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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.

Bloomer within Chippewa County

Population over time

2 figures

Bloomer 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.

YearPeople Change
20103,539
20203,683+144 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

19 since 1994

Regional 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 burning6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
9 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources5218
7 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources5619
27 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesANGRY FORESTER FIRE
13 August 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesBLOWN TIRE FIRE
5 June 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources3719
4 June 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 June 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources3919
4 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2619

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chippewa County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Derks PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Chippewa County

Storms near this place

33 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2001Thunderstorm WindBloomer$600,000Several 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 2001Thunderstorm WindBloomer$500,000Roof blown off Moose Lodge, numerous trees and power lines down.
September 2015Flash FloodBloomer$25,000Several 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 2021Thunderstorm WindBloomer$1,000A large tree was snapped off northeast of Bloomer. A photo was sent through social media.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindBloomer$500Several large trees were uprooted in the south part of Bloomer, Wisconsin. The pictures were sent through social media via a local TV station.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindBloomer-Measured with home weather station. Several tree branches down.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindBloomer-A post on social media showed a few medium to large trees down and large branches snapped.
July 2023HailBloomer-Strong thunderstorm produced mainly 2-inch diameter hail but there was one spikey hail stone that measured 3 inches diameter.
June 2021HailBloomer-There was a photo of 2 diameter hail that was sent on social media.
May 2016Heavy RainBloomer-A 3.00 inch rainfall report was measured by the local emergency manager.
August 2016Heavy RainBloomer-An observed measured 4.50 inches of rainfall Tuesday evening.
August 2016Flash FloodBloomer-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 2008Thunderstorm WindBloomer-Trees down near County Road Q and 157th Avenue. Power lines also knocked down.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindBloomer-A few trees were downed.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindBloomer-Nearly 100 trees down on farm near Highway 64. Roof blown off barn.
June 2002HailBloomer-Hail swath extended to Lake Holcombe.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindBloomer-Several trees toppled over roads.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindBloomer-Trees up to 10 inches in diameter downed.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindBloomer-Shed destroyed. Estimated windspeed.
August 2023HailBloomer-no account filed
July 2023HailBloomer-no account filed
June 2021HailBloomer-no account filed
May 2021Thunderstorm WindBloomer-no account filed
June 2017HailBloomer-no account filed
September 2016HailBloomer-no account filed
August 2016HailBloomer-no account filed
May 2013HailBloomer-no account filed
May 2013HailBloomer-no account filed
May 2012HailBloomer-no account filed
April 2009HailBloomer-no account filed
July 2006HailBloomer-no account filed
July 1999Funnel CloudBloomer-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindBloomer-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Chippewa 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
Eagleton5.9 miles9
Eagle Point6.8 miles9
Tilden7.0 miles9
New Auburn8.1 miles7
Howard10.7 miles13
Albertville11.3 miles13
Norma12.0 miles14
Jim Falls12.1 miles9

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 BloomerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1570143The 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.