Humbird, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Mentor town. It lies in ZIP code area 54746. It sits by Humbird Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Fairchild quadrangle. 254 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,024 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHumbird fell from 266 to 254 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 | 266 | |
| 2020 | 254 | -12 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1948 USGS Fairchild quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Fairchild quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Fairchild quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Marshfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
99 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Humbird between 1992 and 2020, burning about 238 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 8 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 | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Other causes | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 1996 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2008 | Natural | 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
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Humbird: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardwick Shale Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Johnson Valley Stone Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Matti Shale Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Humbird in 16 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 7 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Humbird | 1 hurt, $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Humbird | $140,000 | This stronger EF1 tornado leveled trees and powerlines along an intermittent track that was mixed with downburst winds. The tornado was overtaken by a downburst, which caused pockets of tree and outbuilding damage for another 7 miles. |
| December 2021 | Tornado (EF2) | Humbird | $50,000 | This EF2 tornado developed in Jackson County and moved into the southwest part of Clark County east of Humbird. The tornado continued to move northeast before dissipating along County Highway B west of Sidney. This part of Clark County is heavily forested and thousands of trees were damaged. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Humbird | $25,000 | The public reported 2 inch diameter hail near Humbird. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Humbird | $25,000 | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Hail | Humbird | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Hail | Humbird | $11,000 | The public reported two inch diameter hail in Humbird. The report was relayed via social media. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Humbird | $5,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down north of Humbird. |
| September 2018 | Flood | Humbird | $5,000 | Runoff from heavy rain caused water to go over roads near Humbird. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Humbird | $2,000 | Trees were blown down east of Humbird. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Humbird | $2,000 | Trees were blown down near the intersection of U.S. Highway 10 and County Road I north of Humbird. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Humbird | $1,500 | The public reported several trees down and estimated wind gusts of sixty to seventy miles per hour. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Humbird | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Humbird | $750 | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Humbird | - | A couple of trees blown down near the intersection of Bemis Road and Highway B. |
| April 2001 | Hail | Humbird | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trow (historical) | 7.2 miles | 13 | |
| Columbia | 9.0 miles | 11 | |
| Tioga | 11.8 miles | 12 | |
| Sidney | 13.4 miles | 11 | |
| Globe | 14.9 miles | 12 | |
| Neillsville | 15.7 miles | 11 | |
| Willard | 16.8 miles | 12 | |
| Christie | 17.5 miles | 11 |
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 Humbird | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5940158 | 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 1566795. 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.






