Cranberry Lake, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Worcester town. It lies in ZIP code area 54555. The Survey maps it on the Cranberry Lake quadrangle. It stands 1,542 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1941 USGS Phillips quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Philliips quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Phillips quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Phillips quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Park Falls quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Cranberry Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
53 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Cranberry Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 65 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 July 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
| 12 July 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 June 2006 | 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 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Cranberry Lake: 9 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aspen Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Cramer Creek Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Cranberry Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Hay Creek Gravel Pit #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Joe Spacek Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Liberty Lane Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Little Chicago Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Lookout Tower Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Phillips Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Phillips Gravel Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
3 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cranberry Lake in 3 storm reports between 2016 and 2024: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cranberry Lake | - | A measured gust of 71 mph was recorded by a handheld anemometer. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Cranberry Lake | - | Most of the hailstones were around one half of an inch in diameter. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cranberry Lake | - | Two 50' tall pine trees were knocked down on County Road D. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worcester | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Phillips | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Prentice | 7.3 miles | 10 | |
| Pennington | 7.8 miles | 10 | |
| Dover | 8.7 miles | 11 | |
| Catawba | 12.0 miles | 8 | |
| Coolidge (historical) | 12.3 miles | 11 | |
| Lugerville | 12.6 miles | 10 |
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 Cranberry Lake | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5181893 | 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 1563494. 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.







