New Post, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 2005. It stands in Hunter town. It lies in ZIP code area 54828. It stands on Spooky Bay Creek. The Survey maps it on the New Post quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1944 USGS Radisson quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Radisson quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS New Post quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Spooner quadrangle1:100000
- 2005 USGS New Post quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
37 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of New Post between 1993 and 2020, burning about 24 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | CHIP FIRE |
| 1 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Great Lakes Agency | TIGER MUSKY ROAD |
| 5 July 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BAKER CAMPFIRE FIRE |
| 5 July 2006 | Fireworks | under an acre | Great Lakes Agency | BLUEBERRY LK ISLAND |
| 4 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MUSKY |
| 19 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Post in 6 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Post | $5,000 | Numerous trees were blown down. |
| June 2017 | Flash Flood | New Post | $1,000 | A culvert washed out on North County Road CC. |
| June 2017 | Flash Flood | New Post | $1,000 | Parts of West Flowage Road closed due to flooding. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Post | - | Several trees were broken off halfway up the trunk. |
| September 2019 | Hail | New Post | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | New Post | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ojibwa | 7.7 miles | 8 | |
| Chief Lake | 8.1 miles | 8 | |
| Radisson | 9.0 miles | 8 | |
| Couderay | 9.4 miles | 9 | |
| Winter | 10.6 miles | 8 | |
| Reserve | 10.7 miles | 9 | |
| Little Round Lake | 10.8 miles | 8 | |
| Northwoods Beach | 11.6 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1580001. 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.
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.






