Cameron, Wisconsin
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Cameron Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54822. It stands on Cranberry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rice Lake South quadrangle. 1,872 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Population over time
2 figuresCameron grew from 1,783 to 1,872 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,783 | |
| 2020 | 1,872 | +89 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Chetek quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Rice Lake South quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Bloomer quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
57 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Cameron between 1992 and 2020, burning about 40 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | CAMERON HARDWOOD |
| 6 July 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.8 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 384 |
| 25 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.2 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 June 2020 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 12 |
| 10 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | TURKEY BARN |
| 8 May 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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
10 of 48 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 48 workings within 5 miles of Cameron: 24 occurrences, 20 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. H. Meyer Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| A. Mork Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| A. P. & M. Batz Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Afred Raawe Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Albin Offedahl Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Arthur Mork Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Arthur Overgaard Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Barron County Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Barron Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Bernard Stewart Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
22 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cameron in 22 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 11 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 1 lightning, 1 heavy rain. 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cameron | $1,500,000 | A storm survey was conducted and estimated the winds of 80 to 90 mph. Numerous large trees, up to 4 feet in diameter, were uprooted, snapped, or blown down on the west side of Prairie Lake. ||The damage was concentrated in a one mile swath from near 10th 1/2 Ave and 23rd street, north-northwest to 22nd 1/2 Street and 23rd near Lakewood Park. Almost all of the trees were blown to the north-northwest with some indication of a divergence signature on the west side of the storm damage. One of worst area of damage was at the Sandy Grove Resort where significant structural damage occurred to residences and cabins. ||There were also several lake homes that were severely damage from the fallen trees. No injuries were reported during this event that only lasted 30 seconds to a minute based on eyewitness accounts. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cameron | $3,000 | Several small trees and large tree branches were blown down between Cameron and Chetek. |
| July 2022 | Heavy Rain | Cameron | - | A 5 hour rainfall report of 3.75 inches. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cameron | - | A large oak tree was down, blocking County Road SS. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cameron | - | A tree was blown down. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cameron | - | A large tree branch, up to 10 inches in diameter were blown down near Cameron. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cameron | - | Tree downed across road. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Cameron | - | A trained spotter reported baseball sized hail. Two county squad cars suffered windshield damage. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Cameron | - | Nickel to golf ball sized hail fell. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cameron | - | Trees and power lines downed. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cameron | - | A tree was downed onto 18th Street. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cameron | - | Power lines were blown down onto County Road D. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cameron | - | Estimated winds. Trees down. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cameron | - | Tree down across road. Estimated windspeed. |
| August 1997 | Lightning | Cameron | - | House attic set ablaze by lightning strike. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Cameron | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Cameron | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Cameron | - | no account filed |
| October 2004 | Hail | Cameron | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Cameron | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Cameron | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Cameron | - | 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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Cameron | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1884720 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1562568. 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.




