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North Bend, Wisconsin

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1985. It stands in North Bend town. It lies in ZIP code area 54642. It lies near Sandberg Valley. The Survey maps it on the North Bend quadrangle. It stands 715 feet above sea level.

North Bend within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

5 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of North Bend between 2010 and 2019, burning under an acre 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
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018017
19 April 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesNORTH BEND BOTTOMS
24 March 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources201907
31 October 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesDEERLICK FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of North Bend: 4 occurrences, 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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
Kramer Dolomite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Monielione Shale DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
North Thompson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Peacock Hill Dolomite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Peacock Hill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
R Toppen Dolomite DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Rudvic Inc Dolomite DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Swenson Dolomite DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

9 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Bend in 9 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2010FloodNorth Bend$2,600,000Numerous roads were closed throughout the county due to heavy rains and flooding along rivers, streams, and creeks. Most bridges on township roads were over-topped with water. At one time, 56 roads were closed throughout the county. State Highway 95 was closed in several locations. Other specific road closures included Old Highway 95 and County Roads S, X, and VV. Lowland flooding occurred across much of the county, while many roads, trails, and campgrounds in the Black River State Forest were closed. Pigeon Creek was flooded and the Pigeon Falls Dam incurred some damage. Parks around Merrillan were all flooded, and the baseball field in Hixton was completely underwater. A person was rescued from a stranded vehicle on County Road VV, while assistance was given to a family evacuating in Irving Township. In Melrose, 8 structures and 4 homes were damaged due to flooding from the Black River. Throughout the county, 13 homes incurred major damage and 29 homes had minor damage. Although rain fell from the evening of the 22nd through much of the day on the 23rd, the majority of the rain had fallen as of 10 a.m. CST on the 23rd. At that point 5.30 inches had been measured in Merrillan.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindNorth Bend$85,000no account filed
September 2016FloodNorth Bend$58,000Runoff from heavy rains caused several streams to go out of their banks across Jackson County. County Highway VV in North Bend, County Highway Z in City Point and several other township roads were closed because of the flooding.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindNorth Bend$2,000Trees were blown down just north of North Bend.
September 2000HailNorth Bend$1,000no account filed
May 2021HailNorth Bend-Quarter sized hail was reported just outside of North Bend.
July 2019Tornado (EF0)North Bend-A tornado moved across the far southwest corner of Jackson County northeast of North Bend. The tornado touched down in a small wooden area, moved across State Highway 54 before dissipating in another wooded area. Damage was limited to trees and some corn.
April 2013FloodNorth Bend-County Highway VV south of North Bend was closed from April 9th to April 23rd due to flooding and high water on the Black River.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindNorth Bend-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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
Melrose6.8 miles11
Rogneys (historical)7.7 miles12
Franklin8.4 miles12
Disco13.1 miles13
Irving13.3 miles11
Taylor15.9 miles13
Fall Hall Glen16.4 miles11
Shamrock17.5 miles11

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 North BendAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7054138The 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 1570359. 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.