Hurley, Wisconsin
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Hurley City. It lies in ZIP code area 54534. The Survey maps it on the Ironwood quadrangle. 1,558 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,496 feet above sea level.
On record in Hurley
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
Annala Round Barnlisted 1979
Old Iron County Courthouselisted 1977
Population over time
2 figuresHurley grew from 1,547 to 1,558 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 | 1,547 | |
| 2020 | 1,558 | +11 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1943 USGS Ironwood quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Ironwood quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Ironwood quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Ironwood quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
23 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Hurley between 1993 and 2020, burning about 15 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HWY 2 HWY 51 EXCHANGE |
| 29 July 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | CENTER DRIVE POWER LINE |
| 16 July 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 July 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 June 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 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 35 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Hurley: 24 past producers, 6 occurrences, 3 producers, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Nickel. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal Mine | Manganese, Iron | Past Producer | 1886 | |
| Pence Mine | Iron, Nickel | Past Producer | 1888, 1912 | |
| Hurley Quarry #1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Hurley Quarry #2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| City of Ironwood Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Globe Industries Inc Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hurley Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Iron County Operations | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Katie Saari Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Montreal Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
9 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hurley in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2018: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 2000 | Lightning | Hurley | 2 hurt | A couple were struck by lightning while camping on an island in the Turtle-Flambeau Flowage, causing injuries severe enough for hospitalization. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hurley | - | A few trees were knocked down into business parking lots along 10th Avenue North. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Hurley | - | The hailstones ranged from the size of peas to just less than the size of quarters. The hail fell for approximately 10 minutes. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hurley | - | Sporadic wind damage was reported, especially along the Rt 2 corridor. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hurley | - | Numerous trees were blown down. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hurley | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hurley | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hurley | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Hurley | - | 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.
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 Hurley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1013679 | 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 1566822. 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.





