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Cumberland, Wisconsin

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Cumberland City. It lies in ZIP code area 54829. The Survey maps it on the Cumberland quadrangle. 2,274 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,243 feet above sea level.

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Cumberland within Barron County

On record in Cumberland

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Cumberland grew from 2,170 to 2,274 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
20102,170
20202,274+104 (+5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 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.

In the county-history sources

13,933 words on this township

History of Barron County Wisconsin, published 1922 names this settlement in its chapter on Cumberland City. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

Cumberland is an incorporated city of 1528 Inhabitants, situated in the northwest corner of Cumberland Township, or, as more exactly described, in Sections 6 and 7. Township 35 north. Range 13 west. It is entirely surrounded by Beaver Dam Lake, which converts the site Into an island, sev¬ eral bridges giving access into the surround¬ ing country. From this fact it is sometimes called the "Island City." The lake is a beautiful body of water five miles long, and connects with a chain of lakes extending about sixteen miles to the northwest. The land is rolling, and in many places covered with small timber, the ancient forests hav¬ ing been cut years ago by the different log¬ ging concerns which operated in this region.

Passage source: History of Barron County Wisconsin, published 1922.

The city of Cumberland is built on an island at the lower extremity of Beaver Dam Lake, which is encircled for the most part with rugged hills, whose slopes and summits are adorned from spring to autumn with the brilliant foliage of a variety of trees and shrubs, including the pine, oak, birch and elm; the whole forming a series of magnificent pictures, the perfection of nature's handiwork, from almost number¬ less points of view. Less than five decades ago this Island and all the territory adja¬ cent to the beautiful Che-wa-cum-ma-towangok, or "Lake Made by the Beavers", as Beaver Dam Lake was called in the Chip¬ pewa language, was an unbroken wilder¬ ness, save the clearings and the cabins of two or three adventurous pioneers. In this period a city has grown up that is a sur¬ prise to the visitor. What was a tangled forest of trees, shrubs, wild creeping plants and flowers, is now a business and residence center that demands volumes of praise for the enterprise of the citizens. With wide and graded streets, substantial sidewalks, handsome homes, fine stores, electric lights and a complete system of waterworks in operation, the city is a model of what can be accomplished by the brain and hand of man.

Passage source: History of Barron County Wisconsin, published 1922.

O. A. Ritan, who was also a Norwegian, built a house on his land in the spring of 1875. He remained in this locality for many years and took a prominent part in the de¬ velopment of Cumberland, opening one of the early stores. He is still living, being now a resident of Portland, Ore.

Passage source: History of Barron County Wisconsin, published 1922.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Cumberland City - it names this place 47 more 47 times.

Fires near this place

48 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Cumberland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 36 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Debris and open burning15
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1
Fireworks1
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1

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
9 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 July 2009Fireworksunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesGULLY BLAZE
24 July 2006Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 June 2020Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2020059
14 June 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018049

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barron County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Cumberland: 11 occurrences, 6 past producers, 3 producers. 3 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
Anna Lindquist Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Barron County Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Beaver Dam Lake Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Charles Udelhofen Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Clarence Solum Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Cumberland PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Florian R. Anderson Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Fred Warwick Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
George Germann Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Grouse Lake Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Barron County

Storms near this place

55 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cumberland in 55 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 29 hail, 18 thunderstorm wind, 4 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. The reports record 8 injuries. 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
August 2010Thunderstorm WindCumberland8 hurt, $100,000A National Weather Service Storm Damage Survey determined that downburst winds caused substantial tree damage north of Cumberland, Wisconsin. In addition, a local business roof was blown off just north of Cumberland, and several trailers in Eagle Point Campground were damaged.
September 1993Thunderstorm WindCumberland$500,000no account filed
September 1993Tornado (F1)Cumberland$500,000no account filed
April 2017Thunderstorm WindCumberland$350,000Several properties received minor damage to roofs, with two properties sustaining significant damage with 40% of their shingles damage. One home had a tree fall on it which caused considerable damage to their roof.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindCumberland$110,000Strong thunderstorm winds temporarily lifted the roof off a hangar building at the Cumberland Airport. Three walls of the hangar buckled as the roof settled back down. As a result the entire structure collapsed onto three airplanes stored in the hangar.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindCumberland$110,000no account filed
July 2010Thunderstorm WindCumberland$50,000Numerous trees were downed or snapped off, some two feet in diameter, near the intersection of County Highways P and T. A house lost half its roof, and trees were down on another house.
May 2024HailCumberland-A storm produced hail southeast of Cumberland. The largest hail size was golf ball.
July 2022Heavy RainCumberland-A 6 hour rainfall report of 4.19 inches.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindCumberland-Several large trees were blown down near Cumberland.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindCumberland-Multiple trees were blown down in the city of Cumberland.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindCumberland-A large tree was blown down in Cumberland.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindCumberland-A large tree was blown down over County Road B in Cumberland.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindCumberland-A large tree was blown down on the northeast side of Granite Lake, on 7 1/2 Street.
June 2012Funnel CloudCumberland-A funnel cloud was reported west-northwest of Cumberland. There were no reports of touchdowns.
June 2012Funnel CloudCumberland-A funnel cloud was reported northwest of Cumberland. There were no reports of touchdowns.
July 2010HailCumberland-Several reports of dime, up to half dollar size hail were reported from north of McKinley in Polk County, extending to the southeast in Barron County, near Cumberland, Wisconsin.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindCumberland-A large tree was blown down west of Cumberland, Wisconsin along Highway 48 where it blocked both lanes.
July 2010Funnel CloudCumberland-A funnel cloud was reported at Eagle Point Campground.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindCumberland-Power lines snapped near Cumberland just north of Highway 48. Several homes damaged along Highway 48, just east of Cumberland. One home at 1142 Highway 48 received extensive damage to roof and portion of wall. Many trees and power lines downed in this region. Some information obtained through the Cumberland Advocate newspaper.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindCumberland-Trees and power lines were downed.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindCumberland-A few trees were downed.
August 2004HailCumberland-Crops were damaged by hail near 8th Street in Cumberland Township.
August 2000Flash FloodCumberland-Numerous roads covered, some basements flooded. Three to four inches rain fell in less than two hours.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindCumberland-Trees and power lines down. Estimated windspeed.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindCumberland-Estimated winds, numerous trees down.
June 1997LightningCumberland-Lightning strike to business.
April 2021HailCumberland-no account filed
August 2016HailCumberland-no account filed
July 2014HailCumberland-no account filed
June 2013HailCumberland-no account filed
August 2013HailCumberland-no account filed
July 2011Thunderstorm WindCumberland-no account filed
July 2010HailCumberland-no account filed
September 2008HailCumberland-no account filed
September 2008HailCumberland-no account filed
June 2007HailCumberland-no account filed
June 2007HailCumberland-no account filed
June 2007HailCumberland-no account filed
June 2007HailCumberland-no account filed
July 2006HailCumberland-no account filed
August 2004HailCumberland-no account filed
April 2002HailCumberland-no account filed
May 2001Funnel CloudCumberland-no account filed
May 2001HailCumberland-no account filed
August 2000HailCumberland-no account filed
August 2000HailCumberland-no account filed
August 2000HailCumberland-no account filed
July 2000HailCumberland-no account filed
July 1999HailCumberland-no account filed
June 1999HailCumberland-no account filed
June 1999HailCumberland-no account filed
May 1998HailCumberland-no account filed
July 1995HailCumberland-no account filed
July 1995HailCumberland-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
Comstock4.8 miles12
Barronett7.4 miles8
Almena8.0 miles12
Poskin9.0 miles7
Turtle Lake11.5 miles12
Twin Town11.9 miles12
Barron12.8 miles7
Arland13.4 miles12

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 CumberlandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1570109The 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 1563618. 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.