Milltown, Wisconsin
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Milltown town. It lies in ZIP code area 54858. The Survey maps it on the Milltown quadrangle. 1,219 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,198 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1951 USGS Milltown quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Milltown quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Milltown SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Milltown quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Grantsburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Milltown between 1994 and 2020, burning about 34 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1808141 |
| 7 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1905071 |
| 7 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18 |
| 6 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 60 |
| 12 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2005121 |
| 29 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1804291 |
| 11 April 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2050 |
| 1 April 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Milltown: 8 occurrences, 7 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nd Unnamed Prospect Near Milltow | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Near Milltow | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Near Milltown | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Near Milltown | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Balsam Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Big Butternut Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Butternut Creek Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Hochstetler Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| James D Gray Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Jorgenson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
18 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milltown in 18 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milltown | $800,000 | Numerous trees down, some on houses and vehicles, in a wide swath across the county. One tree fell through a trailer in Balsam Lake. Pole barn collapsed on western edge of Balsam Lake. Tree fell through apartment building in Balsam Lake. Building under construction in Centuria was taken down. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milltown | $5,000 | A two foot diameter tree was blown down in Milltown and landed on a house. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milltown | $500 | A large tree fell on a home near Main Street and State Highway 35. The tree damaged a electrical panel. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milltown | - | A tree was reported down near the intersection of 150th St and 220th Ave, east of the village of Milltown. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milltown | - | Thousands of large trees were broken, uprooted or blown down. Some were two feet in diameter. Many trees landed on houses, sheds, outbuildings, and vehicles. Many outbuildings were destroyed by wind, along with roofs off barns and sheds. The swath of wind damage was nearly ten miles wide, and some areas had entire sections of forest leveled. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milltown | - | About two dozen trees were reported down across roads and power lines in a swath several miles wide. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milltown | - | Tree down across road. |
| May 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Milltown | - | Unoccupied mobile home trailer was rolled several times and was heavily damaged near Rice Lake. A few large trees were blown down and an older barn collapsed east of Milltown. The tornado was photographed by a citizen. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milltown | - | Trees down across road. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milltown | - | Trees toppled. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milltown | - | A few trees felled. Winds estimated. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milltown | - | Trees blown down. Estimated windspeed. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Milltown | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Milltown | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Milltown | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Milltown | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Milltown | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Milltown | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Denmark | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Luck | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Centuria | 5.7 miles | 22 | |
| Balsam Lake | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Lykens | 7.3 miles | 14 | |
| Eureka Center | 7.6 miles | 16 | |
| Lamar | 7.7 miles | 22 | |
| Cushing | 8.2 miles | 16 |
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 Milltown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2671510 | 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 1569527. 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.









