Bluffview, Wisconsin
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Sumpter town. It lies in ZIP code area 53951. It lies near Baxters Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Sauk Prairie quadrangle. 536 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 860 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBluffview fell from 742 to 536 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 | 742 | |
| 2020 | 536 | -206 (-28%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 19 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.
- 1901 USGS Denzer quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS North Freedom quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS North Freedom SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Sauk Prairie quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
13,020 words on this townshipOutline Sketches of Sauk County; Including Its History, from the First Marks of Man's Hand ... and Its Topography, Both Written and Illustrated, published 1861 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Sumpter Town covers the township.
Read the chapter on Sumpter Town - 13,020 words.
Fires near this place
130 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Bluffview between 1992 and 2020, burning about 193 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 19 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HAPPY HILL WHEAT |
| 3 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | WHITE PINE |
| 18 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 August 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.9 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MAGAZINE UNIT |
| 23 August 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bluffview: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matousek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Spencer Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moon Valley | 5.3 miles | 22 | |
| Black Hawk Manor | 6.1 miles | 19 | |
| Crawford Crossing | 6.2 miles | 24 | |
| Denzer | 6.3 miles | 19 | |
| Prairie du Sac | 6.4 miles | 22 | |
| Baraboo | 7.1 miles | 24 | |
| West Baraboo | 7.1 miles | 19 | |
| Sauk City | 7.4 miles | 22 |
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 Bluffview | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4930706 | 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 1577519. 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.






