Bradley, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Bradley town. It lies in ZIP code area 54487. The Survey maps it on the Bradley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1939 USGS Mc Cord quadrangle1:48000, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Mc Cord quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Bradley quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Rhinelander quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
105 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Bradley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 36 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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 | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | TANNERY ROAD |
| 25 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | LEE RD |
| 23 August 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.6 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 July 2009 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | GO CART FIRE |
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 Bradley: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Rice River Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Tomahawk Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bradley in 6 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradley | 2 hurt | Widespread large trees uprooted and snapped along the south shore of Lake Nokomis. Some trees fell onto roofs and a tree fell into a cabin causing it to collapse where 2 injuries occurred. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradley | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Bradley. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradley | - | Law enforcement reported trees and power lines were knocked down in the town of Bradley. |
| September 2002 | Hail | Bradley | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Bradley | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradley | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heafford Junction | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Jersey City | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Tomahawk | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| West Kraft | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| McCord | 7.7 miles | 10 | |
| Gilbert | 8.1 miles | 9 | |
| Tripoli | 12.7 miles | 10 | |
| Spirit Falls | 13.4 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1562127. 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.





