Budsin, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Crystal Lake town. It lies in ZIP code area 54960. The Survey maps it on the Germania quadrangle.
On record in Budsin
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Churchlisted 2025 · 0.1 miles away
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.
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Montello quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Germania quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wisconsin Dells quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Wisconsin Dells quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
172 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 172 fires within 5 miles of Budsin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 832 acres in total. 8 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 | 67 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Other causes | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | ROUNDBALE FIRE |
| 24 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 September 2000 | Other causes | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | INDIAN SANDS FIRE |
| 1 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Budsin in 4 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Budsin | $60,000 | Intermittent damage path with numerous branches downed along with 30 to 40 trees snapped, topped or uprooted. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Budsin | $20,000 | Intermittent damage path with numerous branches downed along with upwards of 40 trees snapped, topped or uprooted. One house sustained substantial roof damage from a fallen tree. Minor garage damage was all noted from falling tree debris. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Budsin | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Budsin | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1562348. 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.
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.





