Blueberry, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Maple town. It lies in ZIP code area 54854. The Survey maps it on the Lake Nebagamon quadrangle. It stands 1,138 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1947 USGS Brule quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Lake Nebagamon quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Brule quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Lake Nebagamon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Port Wing quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
71 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Blueberry between 1992 and 2019, burning about 25 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 36 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 August 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | AUTIO FIRE |
| 7 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | TENNIS COURT |
| 19 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SMITH CREEK 1 |
| 19 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SMITH CREEK 2 |
| 19 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SMITH CREEK 17 |
| 19 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SMITH CREEK 13 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Blueberry: 9 past producers, 8 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martinson Clay & Gravel Pit | Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Along Anderson C | Lead, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Astor | Copper | Unknown | Chalcopyrite | |
| Percival | Copper | Unknown | Copper | |
| Bellwood Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Blueberry Creek Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Blueberry Creek Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Blueberry Creek Pit #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Blueberry Creek Pit #4 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Blueberry Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
8 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blueberry in 8 storm reports between 2002 and 2022: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blueberry | $1,500 | Three large trees were blown down. |
| September 2021 | Flash Flood | Blueberry | - | A culvert was damaged by a flash flood along Highway FF in Maple. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blueberry | - | Numerous branches were broken and a measured wind gust of 53 mph was recorded as well. |
| July 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Blueberry | - | A weak, brief tornado formed along a line of thunderstorms that moved across Douglas County between 1:00 AM and 2:00 AM CDT. Meteorologists were tracking a number of weak areas of rotation on radar as these storms moved through, and a Tornado Warning was issued for one such area of rotation at 1:10 AM CDT including Maple and Blueberry. At 1:43 AM CDT, meteorologists saw a dramatic increase in radar-detected rotation from this storm just south of Maple, WI, and based on this information issued an additional Tornado Warning using radar-confirmed tornado language to indicate the|confidence in a tornado occurring or imminent. Minutes later, a tornado developed north of Maple and Blueberry knocking down dozens of trees, including snapping some trees off near the base. Just as soon as it developed, the area of rotation weakened|considerably. Radar indicates this tornado may have begun a few minutes earlier but at this time there is not enough conclusive damage evidence that the tornado formed earlier than documented. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blueberry | - | An 8 diameter tree was blown down. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blueberry | - | There were large trees down along County Road F. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blueberry | - | Trees were blown down. |
| October 2022 | Hail | Blueberry | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellwood | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| Maple | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Lake Nebagamon | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Brule | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Winneboujou | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Waino | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Cloverland | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Poplar | 6.9 miles | 8 |
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 Blueberry | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14714412 | 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 1561962. 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.






