Dairyland, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Dairyland town. It lies in ZIP code area 54830. The Survey maps it on the Dairyland quadrangle. It stands 1,119 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1949 USGS Webb Lake quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Webb Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Sandstone quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Dairyland quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
22 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Dairyland between 1993 and 2015, burning about 32 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | DAIRYLIGHT |
| 5 July 2014 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BLUEBERRY |
| 23 July 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 June 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 1997 | Other causes | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 1997 | Smoking | 3.5 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Dairyland: 13 occurrences, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Zinc, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Prospect Near Rock Creek | Zinc, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Emetery | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Near Dairyland C | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Near Rock Creek | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Beaver Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Chase Creek Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Chase Creek Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Kingsdale Rd Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Miller Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| St Croix River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
4 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dairyland in 4 storm reports between 1994 and 2006: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 1994 | Tornado (F1) | Dairyland | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dairyland | - | Numerous trees were blown down. A twelve-inch diameter pine tree was blown down across State Road 35. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dairyland | - | Many trees were blown down at county roads Y and L near Gordon and Wascott. |
| September 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dairyland | - | Many large trees, up to three feet in diameter, were broken off or uprooted in a rural area of southwest Douglas County. Power lines were also knocked down, causing electrical outages in the surrounding area. There was little or no structural damage. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moose Junction | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Cozy Corner | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Chaffey | 12.6 miles | 12 | |
| Gordon | 19.0 miles | 9 | |
| Wascott | 19.2 miles | 9 | |
| Patzau | 19.3 miles | 12 | |
| Solon Springs | 20.0 miles | 10 | |
| Foxboro | 20.7 miles | 12 |
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 Dairyland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5209590 | 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 1563661. 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.





