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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.

Cameron within Barron County

Population over time

2 figures

Cameron 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,783
20201,872+89 (+5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

57 since 1992

Regional 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 burning23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use11
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
17 August 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesCAMERON HARDWOOD
6 July 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 July 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.8 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources384
25 July 2005Debris and open burning2.2 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 June 2020Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources12
10 June 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesTURKEY BARN
8 May 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barron County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 48 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
A. H. Meyer Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
A. Mork Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
A. P. & M. Batz Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Afred Raawe Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Albin Offedahl Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Arthur Mork Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Arthur Overgaard Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Barron County PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Barron Lake Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Bernard Stewart Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Barron County

Storms near this place

22 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2016Thunderstorm WindCameron$1,500,000A 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 2021Thunderstorm WindCameron$3,000Several small trees and large tree branches were blown down between Cameron and Chetek.
July 2022Heavy RainCameron-A 5 hour rainfall report of 3.75 inches.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindCameron-A large oak tree was down, blocking County Road SS.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindCameron-A tree was blown down.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindCameron-A large tree branch, up to 10 inches in diameter were blown down near Cameron.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindCameron-Tree downed across road.
June 2005HailCameron-A trained spotter reported baseball sized hail. Two county squad cars suffered windshield damage.
June 2005HailCameron-Nickel to golf ball sized hail fell.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindCameron-Trees and power lines downed.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindCameron-A tree was downed onto 18th Street.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindCameron-Power lines were blown down onto County Road D.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindCameron-Estimated winds. Trees down.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindCameron-Tree down across road. Estimated windspeed.
August 1997LightningCameron-House attic set ablaze by lightning strike.
August 2013HailCameron-no account filed
June 2005HailCameron-no account filed
August 2005HailCameron-no account filed
October 2004HailCameron-no account filed
August 2000HailCameron-no account filed
July 1999HailCameron-no account filed
April 1994HailCameron-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Barron County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Wickware4.5 miles7
Canton4.7 miles7
Sumner5.1 miles7
Barron5.6 miles7
Rice Lake6.7 miles8
Chetek8.2 miles7
Hillsdale8.9 miles7
Campia9.8 miles8

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 CameronAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1884720The 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.