Branstad, Wisconsin
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Grantsburg town. It lies in ZIP code area 54840. The Survey maps it on the Trade River quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1951 USGS Milltown quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Milltown quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Milltown NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Trade River quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Grantsburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
133 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Branstad between 1992 and 2020, burning about 446 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 13 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 | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | WHISKEY CREEK |
| 13 September 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BORG RD |
| 10 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MEDCHILL ROAD FIRE #1 |
| 31 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MEDCHILL ROAD FIRE #3 |
| 31 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MEDCHILL ROAD FIRE #2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Branstad: 4 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amundson Sand Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Amundson Sand Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Peterson Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Trade River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| William Ott Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| William Soderbeck Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Branstad in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2019: 4 hail, 1 tornado. 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 2019 | Hail | Branstad | - | Hail was covering the ground. Most of the stones were quarter-sized, but the largest were half dollar-sized. |
| August 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Branstad | - | A landspout tornado developed in a shower in the Fish Lake Wildlife Area. The location was approximated by triangulating features from the many photographs of the tornado, talking to the witnesses, and using Google satellite and street view tools. It was not readily possibly to conduct a storm survey to determine its path (it was likely short) and its strength because of the inaccessibility of the area. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Branstad | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Branstad | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Branstad | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grantsburg | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Trade Lake | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Lind | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Alpha | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Trade River | 6.2 miles | 16 | |
| Four Corners | 6.7 miles | 16 | |
| Randall | 8.6 miles | 16 | |
| Falun | 8.6 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1562155. 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.









