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New Auburn, Wisconsin

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1980. It stands in New Auburn Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54757. The Survey maps it on the New Auburn quadrangle. 562 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,102 feet above sea level.

New Auburn within Chippewa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 7 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

102 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of New Auburn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 105 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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
Railroad operations and maintenance49
Debris and open burning23
Equipment and vehicle use10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking3
Fireworks1

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
6 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources329 SS
19 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 August 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources122
13 August 2014Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesCORD FIRE
12 August 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 July 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.2 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 July 2013Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesAA-SS RAIL FIRE

Every fire recorded in Chippewa County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of New Auburn: 4 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Eldred M. Engebretson Shale DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Adeline Reinolt Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Churchill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jack Mcfarlane Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Rollin C. Osberg Gravel Deposit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Rollin Osberg Gravel Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Chippewa County

Storms near this place

28 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Auburn in 28 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 22 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail. 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
May 1996Thunderstorm WindNew Auburn$800,000no account filed
May 2025Thunderstorm WindNew Auburn-Report of downed tree blocking a lane on US-53 in New Auburn. The wind speed measured with a car anemometer was 65-75 mph.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindNew Auburn-Report of tree down blocking 75th Street.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindNew Auburn-A tree was blown down northeast of New Auburn along Highway 40.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindNew Auburn-This is the continuation of the blow down, straight-line wind event that moved across parts Chippewa County from New Auburn, to east of Bloomer. Numerous large trees were uprooted or blown down along this path.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindNew Auburn-A large tree was blown down near New Auburn.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindNew Auburn-Several structures had vinyl siding damaged by large hail on Highway DD south of Highway 64 in Auburn Township. In addition, there were several large tree branches blown across Highway SS, near 87th Street, north of the city of Bloomer.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindNew Auburn-Sporadic tree damage occurred across the county but the majority of the damage was across northern Chippewa County, between Highway 40 and Lake Holcombe. The local dispatch at the sheriff's office recorded 22 individual reports of downed trees.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindNew Auburn-A few trees were blown down near New Auburn.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindNew Auburn-Several trees were blown down across the area.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindNew Auburn-Several trees were blown across a road.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindNew Auburn-Several large trees downed. Damage to a camper.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindNew Auburn-A few trees down.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindNew Auburn-Several trees felled.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindNew Auburn-A tree was downed onto County Road SS on the southern edge of town.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindNew Auburn-A few trees were downed.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindNew Auburn-Trees were downed.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindNew Auburn-Large Trees down, roof partially blown off shed.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindNew Auburn-Trees down.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindNew Auburn-Few trees down. Estimated windspeed.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindNew Auburn-Trees reported down.
April 2011HailNew Auburn-no account filed
April 2011HailNew Auburn-no account filed
April 2009HailNew Auburn-no account filed
July 2006HailNew Auburn-no account filed
August 2000HailNew Auburn-no account filed
July 2000HailNew Auburn-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindNew Auburn-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Chippewa 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
Bloomer8.1 miles9
Eagleton13.4 miles9
Eagle Point14.7 miles9
Tilden15.1 miles9
Albertville17.0 miles13
Howard17.5 miles13
Old Albertville18.6 miles13
Jim Falls18.7 miles9

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 New AuburnAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1965842The 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 1570199. 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.