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Maple Bluff, Wisconsin

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Maple Bluff Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53704. It sits by Maple Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Madison West quadrangle. 1,368 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 876 feet above sea level.

Maple Bluff within Dane County

On record in Maple Bluff

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

Population over time

2 figures

Maple Bluff grew from 1,313 to 1,368 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,313
20201,368+55 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 25 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

29 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Maple Bluff between 2003 and 2020, burning about 559 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
17 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2021851
16 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1822998
29 August 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2020209
24 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2019797
18 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1225
26 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2017339
24 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1815050
14 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources304

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Maple Bluff: 6 producers, 3 unknowns, 1 past producer. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Madison Stone Co Inc Ghost Hill QyStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Fess QuarryStoneUnknown
John Hensen QuarryStoneUnknown
Blooming Grove PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Engelhart Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Madison Airport PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Norway Grove Gravel PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Westport PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Yahara Materials Company Kipley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Yanggen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Dane County

Storms near this place

26 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maple Bluff in 26 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 14 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2014Tornado (EF1)Maple Bluff$300,000A tornado snapped and uprooted numerous large trees with some trees landing on homes and cars. Power poles and power lines knocked down. A roof removed from one home and a roof removed from a business. Shingle damage to other homes. Boats and small sailboats sunk or missing. An 80 pound canoe and two kayaks thrown.
October 2017Tornado (EF0)Maple Bluff$250,000An EF0 tornado started near the intersection of S. First St. and Winnebago St. in Madison and tracked over 9 miles to Sun Prairie, paralleling Highway 151 for most of the path. In Madison, approximately, 200 trees were damaged or destroyed. Some of the trees landed on homes, garages, and vehicles. At least three households were displaced due to damage to their homes. The rear wall of a car wash collapsed, and the three-season porch of a home collapsed. A roof was partially torn away from a commercial building. Many power lines were downed with some arcing. In total, four commercial buildings and 12-18 homes sustained some damage. In Sun Prairie, near and east of the intersection of W. Main St. and O'Keeffe Ave., several traffic standards, streets signs, and construction barrels were damaged or knocked down. A truck topper was removed from a truck and a small wood shed was damaged. Several trees and branches were down, including a tree on a house.
May 2014Flash FloodMaple Bluff$40,000Many streets impassable in downtown Madison and the near east side of the city due to deep water with multiple vehicles being swept away or pushed into oncoming traffic. Some roads were closed, and manhole covers were removed by the rushing water from underneath. The eastbound beltline highway off-ramp to John Nolen Drive was closed due to deep water. The northbound side of South Park street intersecting with Wingra Drive was flooded. Some buildings were flooded near the Capital building.
June 2025Heavy RainMaple Bluff$25,000Heavy rain accumulating on the roof of a supermarket, due to clogged roof drains, caused a partial roof collapse. The store was partially flooded.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindMaple Bluff$15,000Numerous trees and power lines down. Debris flying past window on 8th story of office building.
May 2014Flash FloodMaple Bluff$10,000Water waist to chest deep near Warner Park including the 1500 block of Trailsway Drive. A vehicle was stuck in deep water in the intersection of Aberg and Huxley streets.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindMaple Bluff$3,000Several reports of trees down on the east side of Madison including some 1 foot diameter trees.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindMaple Bluff$3,000Scattered trees and power lines down on the north and east sides of Madison.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindMaple Bluff$1,000A five inch diameter tree landed on a road.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindMaple Bluff$1,000Ten to fifteen inch tree branches down.
April 2026HailMaple Bluff-Trained spotter reports 1 inch diameter hail near Maple Bluff.
April 2026HailMaple Bluff-Public report of 1 inch diameter hail near Maple Bluff.
April 2026HailMaple Bluff-Trained spotter reports 2.75 inch diameter hail in Maple Bluff.
April 2026HailMaple Bluff-Trained spotter reports 3.25 inch diameter hail on the east side of the city of Madison.
April 2026HailMaple Bluff-Trained spotter reports 3 inch diameter hail near Maple Bluff.
April 2026HailMaple Bluff-Trained spotter reports 2 inch diameter hail near Maple Bluff.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindMaple Bluff-Numerous trees snapped about halfway up, though some broke near weak points.
May 2025HailMaple Bluff-no account filed
October 2023HailMaple Bluff-no account filed
October 2023HailMaple Bluff-no account filed
November 2022HailMaple Bluff-no account filed
November 2022HailMaple Bluff-no account filed
June 2022HailMaple Bluff-no account filed
June 2022HailMaple Bluff-no account filed
September 2022HailMaple Bluff-no account filed
June 2008Funnel CloudMaple Bluff-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dane 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
Darwin (historical)1.6 miles24
Mendota1.7 miles24
Oak Park Terrace1.8 miles24
Catfish (historical)2.6 miles24
Elmside2.6 miles23
Madison3.3 miles25
Preglers Addition3.7 miles25
Warrens Addition3.8 miles25

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 Maple BluffAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2380072The 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 1568959. 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.