Bud, Wisconsin
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Jefferson town. It lies in ZIP code area 54665. The Survey maps it on the Viroqua quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1923 USGS Viroqua quadrangle1:62500
- 1926 USGS Viroqua quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Viroqua quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Viroqua quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Sparta quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Jefferson town. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Cyclone
June 23, IS'ZS, a small cyclone struck the residence of William Frazier on section 5, of town 1.3, range 5, and completely demolished it. At the time, there were eleven persons in the house - Mr. and Mrs. Frazier, and their six children, his sister-in-law and child, and a hired girl. None w^^ere killed, but several were seriously injured.
In the county-history sources
11,529 words on this townshipHistory of Vernon County, Wisconsin .., published 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Jefferson Town covers the township.
Read the chapter on Jefferson Town - 11,529 words.
Fires near this place
4 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Bud between 2018 and 2020, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 162020 |
| 30 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18057 |
| 29 February 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20034 |
| 10 November 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20190 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bud: 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Own Crews | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Lepke Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Newton Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bud in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2017: 3 flash flood, 3 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 2014 | Flash Flood | Bud | $10,000 | Runoff from heavy rain caused Sidie Hollow Creek to go out of its banks with damage occurring on the western side of Sidie Hollow Park. Walking bridges, picnic tables, trash cans and trees were all washed away. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bud | $5,000 | Trees were blown down onto a camper west of Viroqua. |
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Bud | $2,000 | Slow moving thunderstorms produced locally heavy rain that created flash flooding along Sidie Hollow Creek. The flooding affected the Sidie Hollow Park and Campground where the Viroqua Fire Department rescued a man that became trapped in an overturned pickup truck. In the same area, a mudslide occurred on County Road XX. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bud | $1,000 | Trees were blown down in Sidie Hollow County Park. |
| September 2016 | Flash Flood | Bud | - | Flash flooding along Coe Hollow Creek prompted officials to evacuate Sidie Hollow Campground. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bud | - | An estimated wind gust of 65 mph occurred west of Viroqua. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springville | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Purdy | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Newton | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Esofea | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Viroqua | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Liberty Pole | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| West Prairie | 6.6 miles | 18 | |
| Fargo | 7.3 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1577531. 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.








