Brantwood, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Knox town. It lies in ZIP code area 54513. The Survey maps it on the Brantwood quadrangle.
On record in Brantwood
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Matt Johnson Log Houselisted 1978
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1941 USGS Brantwood quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Brantwood quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Brantwood quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Park Falls quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
47 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Brantwood between 1993 and 2019, burning about 74 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 July 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 July 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 June 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 June 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 2002 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Brantwood: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heikkinen Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Pikes Peak Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ritchie Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Scott Creek Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Scott Creek Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brantwood in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 5 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | Flash Flood | Brantwood | $50,000 | Rainfall of 2 to 4 inches with localized amounts in excess of 5 inches fell over much of Price County. The heavier amounts led to flash flooding in the Town of Knox in the form of washed out roads and shoulders along with damaged culverts. This led to a disaster declaration for the county. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brantwood | - | Trees and powerlines were reported down in the area. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Brantwood | - | Street flooding reported in Brantwood. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Brantwood | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Brantwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Brantwood | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Brantwood | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Brantwood | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spirit | 7.5 miles | 9 | |
| Dover | 8.4 miles | 11 | |
| Prentice | 9.2 miles | 10 | |
| Worcester | 9.8 miles | 10 | |
| Ogema | 12.7 miles | 9 | |
| Cranberry Lake | 13.4 miles | 10 | |
| Pennington | 14.8 miles | 10 | |
| Phillips | 17.7 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1562158. 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.





