Dunbar, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Dunbar town. It lies in ZIP code area 54119. The Survey maps it on the Dunbar quadrangle. 61 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,306 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresDunbar grew from 50 to 61 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 50 | |
| 2020 | 61 | +11 (+22%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1939 USGS Dunbar quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Dunbar quadrangle1:48000
- 1947 USGS Dunbar quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Dunbar quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
50 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Dunbar between 1992 and 2018, burning about 98 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 11 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 burning | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | EMORY'S BLAZE |
| 12 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 8.2 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 July 1998 | Natural | 23 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | COLE CREEK FIRE |
| 29 June 1998 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Dunbar: 4 past producers, 3 occurrences. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blueberry Point Road Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Moon Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mountain Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Onemile Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Onemile Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Railroad Pond Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Soo Line Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
4 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dunbar in 4 storm reports between 1997 and 2016: 4 thunderstorm wind. 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 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunbar | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunbar | - | Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees in the Dunbar area. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunbar | - | Trees were blown onto power lines by straight-line thunderstorm winds. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunbar | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pembine | 9.6 miles | 11 | |
| Goodman | 9.7 miles | 9 | |
| Beecher | 10.3 miles | 11 | |
| Beecher Lake | 10.8 miles | 11 | |
| Niagara | 12.5 miles | 11 | |
| Amberg | 13.9 miles | 11 | |
| Athelstane | 16.2 miles | 8 | |
| Cedarville | 16.9 miles | 9 |
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 Dunbar | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5314127 | 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 1564171. 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.






