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Boyceville, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Boyceville Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54725. The Survey maps it on the Boyceville quadrangle. 1,100 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 945 feet above sea level.

Boyceville within Dunn County

Population over time

2 figures

Boyceville grew from 1,086 to 1,100 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
20101,086
20201,100+14 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 12 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

31 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Boyceville between 2003 and 2020, burning about 211 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
Debris and open burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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
11 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 June 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2019044
5 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18015
4 May 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 May 2003Equipment and vehicle use1.4 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 May 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 May 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018020

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dunn County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Boyceville: 5 occurrences, 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Annis Creek Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Downing Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Tiffany Creek Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Barron County Ag Dept.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Downing Sandstone Deposit #1Stone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Downing Sandstone Deposit #2Stone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Downing Sandstone Deposit #3Stone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Lambs Creek Dolomite Deposit #1Stone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Lambs Creek Dolomite Deposit #2Stone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Dunn County

Storms near this place

21 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boyceville in 21 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 11 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 death. 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
May 2012Thunderstorm WindBoyceville1 killedLocal law enforcement officials indicated that a large tree limb broke off and fell on an individual and caused a fatality.
June 2015Tornado (EF0)Boyceville$2,000A tornado knocked down about a dozen trees before entering a farm, where there was minor damage to eaves and soffits of the main building as well as to some outdoor furnishings. Winds were estimated at about 65 mph. The tornado was caught on video by a local storm chaser.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindBoyceville$2,000A pickup truck hauling several canoes rolled over on Highway 170 due to severe straight line winds. In addition, several trees were blown down in the area.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindBoyceville$2,000A power line was blown down in the city of Boyceville, Wisconsin.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindBoyceville-A few trees and large branches were down near 370th St and 950th Ave, southeast of Boyceville. Some were across roads.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindBoyceville-Several power lines were blown down near Knapp.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindBoyceville-Multiple trees and power lines were blown down in Boyceville.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindBoyceville-Rear flank downdraft winds accompanied a brief tornado. The wind damage was just west of the tornado and took down several trees and large branches, and also produced minor damage to outbuildings.
July 2015Flash FloodBoyceville-Flood waters closed Highway 12 near Knapp for several hours.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindBoyceville-A large tree was uprooted near Boyceville, Wisconsin.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindBoyceville-Trees and power lines down.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindBoyceville-Numerous trees down.
July 2023HailBoyceville-no account filed
July 2023HailBoyceville-no account filed
September 2016HailBoyceville-no account filed
May 2013HailBoyceville-no account filed
May 2013HailBoyceville-no account filed
August 2007HailBoyceville-no account filed
May 2002HailBoyceville-no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindBoyceville-no account filed
March 1998HailBoyceville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dunn 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
Downing4.8 miles12
Knapp6.4 miles11
Baxter6.7 miles7
Connorsville7.0 miles12
Wheeler7.0 miles7
Menomonie Junction10.8 miles12
Tainter Lake10.9 miles12
Norton11.1 miles7

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 BoycevilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2236518The 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 1562107. 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.