Hazelhurst, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Hazelhurst town. It lies in ZIP code area 54531. The Survey maps it on the Hazelhurst quadrangle. It stands 1,611 feet above sea level.
On record in Hazelhurst
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
- Hans J. Hagge Boathouselisted 2005
- William H. Yawkey Boathouselisted 2009
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1938 USGS Minocqua quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Minocqua quadrangle1:48000
- 1949 USGS Minocqua quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Minocqua quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Hazelhurst quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Rhinelander quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
123 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Hazelhurst between 1992 and 2020, burning about 112 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 14 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 | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | NORTH BAY FIRE |
| 5 July 2020 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BEACON |
| 5 July 2009 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | DOOLITTLE FIREWORKS |
| 5 July 2001 | Other causes | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Hazelhurst: 7 past producers, 6 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Bolger Lake Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Bolger Lake Gravel Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Bolger Lake Gravel Deposit #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Clawson Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hazelhurst Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Katherine Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Minocqua Township Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Silver Lake Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sutton Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
19 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hazelhurst in 19 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazelhurst | $250,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazelhurst | $12,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Hazelhurst. One of the trees crushed a car. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Hazelhurst | $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazelhurst | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Lightning | Hazelhurst | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Hail | Hazelhurst | - | Half dollar size hail fell in Hazelhurst. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazelhurst | - | Thunderstorm winds uprooted several trees west of Hazelhurst near Camp 9 Road. |
| August 2014 | Hail | Hazelhurst | - | Nickel size hail fell at Willow Reservoir. |
| September 2014 | Hail | Hazelhurst | - | Quarter size hail fell north of Hazelhurst. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Hazelhurst | - | Thunderstorms produced nickel size hail at Hazelhurst. |
| August 2010 | Hail | Hazelhurst | - | Nickel size hail fell at Hazelhurst. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazelhurst | - | Trees near Highway 51 were blown down by straight-line thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazelhurst | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazelhurst | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Hazelhurst | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazelhurst | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazelhurst | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Hazelhurst | - | no account filed |
| September 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazelhurst | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rantz | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| Sunflower | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Minocqua | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Woodruff | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Lake Tomahawk | 7.0 miles | 12 | |
| Goodnow | 8.1 miles | 12 | |
| Harshaw | 10.5 miles | 12 | |
| McNaughton | 10.9 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 Hazelhurst | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5688081 | 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 1566237. 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.







