Cranmoor, Wisconsin
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Cranmoor town. It lies in ZIP code area 54495. The Survey maps it on the Babcock quadrangle. It stands 981 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Pittsville quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Pittsville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Babcock quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Black River Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
61 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Cranmoor between 1992 and 2020, burning about 36 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | CEMETERY |
| 28 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | LYNN HILL FIRE |
| 9 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BIRTHDAY BEAR FIRE |
| 7 August 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | CASINO FIRE |
| 6 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | DOUBLE GEORGE FIRE |
| 4 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | LANGER FIRE |
| 27 August 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 August 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cranmoor in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2022: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Cranmoor | 1 hurt, $1,020,000 | The tornado moved out of Juneau County at 6:03 pm CDT (1703 CST) and moved east-northeast across southern Wood County. The storm hit a campground on the east shore of the Wisconsin River about three miles south of Nekoosa. Over 100 pine trees were snapped and uprooted on the campground, some two feet in diameter (DI 28 DOD 4). Several camper vehicles were damaged by fallen trees. The tornado was seen by campground visitors just before 6:15 pm. The tornado continued east-northeast and snapped or uprooted hundreds of additional trees south of Wisconsin Rapids. The storm damaged at least six homes and several other outbuildings about six miles south-southeast of Wisconsin Rapids. One of the houses lost the entire roof of a garage (DI 2, DOD 4). A woman in the garage at the time sustained injuries when the garage fell on the truck that she was taking shelter in. This area experienced high-end EF1 damage with winds at least 95 to 105 mph. The tornado entered Portage County at 6:20 PM CDT (1720 CST). |
| September 2022 | Hail | Cranmoor | - | Ping pong size hail fell near Nekoosa. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cranmoor | - | Thunderstorm winds snapped and uprooted trees along Highway 54 between County Road GG and 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ceex Haci | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Babcock | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Walker | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Dexterville | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Nekoosa | 6.8 miles | 8 | |
| Nekoosa Junction | 7.8 miles | 8 | |
| Port Edwards | 9.2 miles | 8 | |
| Pittsville | 9.9 miles | 13 |
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 Cranmoor | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5182221 | 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 1577559. 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.






