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Drummond, Wisconsin

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 2005. It stands in Drummond town. It lies in ZIP code area 54832. The Survey maps it on the Drummond quadrangle.

Drummond within Bayfield County

On record in Drummond

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

Fires near this place

27 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Drummond between 1992 and 2020, burning about 61 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
Recreation and ceremony8
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Debris and open burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

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
15 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreChequamegon-Nicolet National ForestWABIGON LAKE
7 July 2006Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresChequamegon-Nicolet National ForestCARTER ISLAND
5 July 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesBRULE NUMBER 2
23 July 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreChequamegon-Nicolet National ForestTWO LAKES 63
14 July 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreChequamegon-Nicolet National ForestARROWHEAD LAKE
7 June 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreChequamegon-Nicolet National ForestCOLD PIGEON
20 June 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreChequamegon-Nicolet National ForestFR 397
7 May 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChequamegon-Nicolet National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bayfield County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Drummond: 9 occurrences, 9 past producers. None of them 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Crescent Springs Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Drummond Gravel Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Drummond Gravel Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dudley Wallin Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Fred Peterson Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Holly Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lake Horseshoe Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Mill Pond Lake Sand Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mill Pond Lake Sand Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pot Lake Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Bayfield County

Storms near this place

26 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Drummond in 26 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 2 flash flood. The reports record 1 death. 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
July 1999Thunderstorm WindDrummond1 killedno account filed
June 2010Thunderstorm WindDrummond$1,500Trees were blown down across Tri Lakes Road.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindDrummond-Multiple trees were down across a roadway.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindDrummond-Trees were down onto power lines along County Road N near Drummond.
June 2021HailDrummond-Hail up to one inch fell for about 15 minutes.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindDrummond-The storm downed a few trees and tree limbs onto roads and power lines in Drummond.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindDrummond-A tree was downed onto a house by the storm.
June 2018Flash FloodDrummond-The Delta-Drummond Road was completely washed out near Drummond. Over 15 inches or rain was recorded in Drummond over the previous 48 hours, with much of it falling over the previous 6 to 12 hours.
June 2018Flash FloodDrummond-County Highway N in the vicinity of Pigeon Lake west of Drummond was impassible due to water over the road.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindDrummond-A few trees were downed by the winds.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindDrummond-Numerous trees were blown down on U. S. Highway 63 and its side roads between Drummond and Cable.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindDrummond-Sporadic wind damage was reported along most roads.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindDrummond-Trees were blown down around Drummond.
July 2010HailDrummond-Along with the hail, the storm blew down some small tree branches along U.S. Highway 63.
July 2010HailDrummond-Some small tree branches were blown down as well. The hail and wind were reported at Two Lakes Campground on Lake Owen.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindDrummond-Trees blown down near Drummond.
October 2006HailDrummond-Hail 2 inches deep covered Highway N and Highway 27.
July 2023HailDrummond-no account filed
September 2019HailDrummond-no account filed
June 2018HailDrummond-no account filed
July 2017HailDrummond-no account filed
June 2010HailDrummond-no account filed
June 2010HailDrummond-no account filed
June 2007HailDrummond-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindDrummond-no account filed
July 1999HailDrummond-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bayfield 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
Lake Owen (historical)4.6 miles13
Lake Owen4.8 miles13
Sutherland8.2 miles11
Grand View8.2 miles9
Pike River8.5 miles11
Cable9.1 miles9
Delta9.4 miles12
Radspur11.4 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1579144. 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.