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Cutler, Wisconsin

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Cutler town. It lies in ZIP code area 54618. The Survey maps it on the Cutler quadrangle. It stands 925 feet above sea level.

Cutler within Juneau County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

94 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Cutler between 1992 and 2020, burning about 654 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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 burning28
Equipment and vehicle use21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Recreation and ceremony6
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking6
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Other causes3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2

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
29 September 1999Other causes3.2 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 August 2001Other causesunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 August 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 August 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesASPEN FIRE
6 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNecedah National Wildlife RefugeDNR 76
24 July 2006Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Juneau County

Storms near this place

10 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cutler in 10 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 flash flood. 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
August 2020Flash FloodCutler$330,000Heavy rain from thunderstorms caused flash flooding to occur across the southern sections of Juneau County. In and near Mauston, flood waters almost reached the entrance door to the sheriff's office and numerous roads were covered by water. Roads were closed due to high water north of Camp Douglas. In Camp Douglas, several homes were flooded with water waist high in the basements.
June 2022Tornado (EF2)Cutler$100,000This EF2 tornado developed in Monroe County and moved into Juneau County northwest of Cutler. The tornado moved northeast and dissipated in the Necedah Wildlife Refuge. Extensive tree damage occurred along the path.
July 2017HailCutler$8,000Golf ball sized hail was reported in Cutler.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindCutler$5,000Emergency management reported trees down on power line on CTY H north of Hwy 21 about 5 miles northwest of Cutler. Nearby wind observation in Cutler gusted to 44 mph.
August 2020FloodCutler$4,000Runoff from thunderstorms with heavy rain caused flooding to occur across the southern sections of Juneau County. Numerous rural roads had water over them north of Mauston and New Lisbon.
September 2017HailCutler-no account filed
August 2014HailCutler-no account filed
June 2008HailCutler-no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindCutler-no account filed
September 1994HailCutler-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Juneau 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
Cloverdale3.1 miles14
Lone Rock5.8 miles12
Camp Douglas7.4 miles13
Kelly8.3 miles12
Orange Mill8.6 miles12
Necedah8.6 miles12
Mather8.9 miles10
Sprague10.1 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 CutlerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5196871The 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 1577564. 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.