Pine Bluff, Wisconsin
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Cross Plains town. It lies in ZIP code area 53528. The Survey maps it on the Cross Plains quadrangle. It stands 997 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1907 USGS Cross Plains quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Cross Plains quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Cross Plains quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Cross Plains quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
47 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Pine Bluff between 1992 and 2020, burning about 58 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19429 |
| 24 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 480 |
| 25 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18-2833 |
| 22 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19321 |
| 8 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1800046 |
| 4 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1800044 |
| 27 May 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Pine Bluff: 5 producers, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capitol Sand | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| General Silica Division Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Boehnen Inc. Hollefelder Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Henderson Lime Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Middleton-Watson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Zander Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pine Bluff in 7 storm reports between 2002 and 2021: 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2002 | Hail | Pine Bluff | $200,000 | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Flash Flood | Pine Bluff | $100,000 | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Bluff | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | Pine Bluff | $50,000 | Areas of severe street flooding with numerous vehicles stranded, including on the Beltline Highway between Park St. and John Nolen Drive and in the Town of Madison. Several feet of water was reported on some streets in these areas. Two apartment buildings and one commercial building in the Town of Madison were flooded. The apartment buildings were evacuated due to the electrical hazard. 42 units were affected with water damage to carpeting and drywall. |
| July 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Pine Bluff | - | This was 1 of 17 tornadoes to occur in Wisconsin on the night of July 28th into the early morning hours of July 29th. This was the 9th overall tornado for the event. A line of storms developed in northern Wisconsin and pushed south into southern Wisconsin in the overnight hours of the 28th into the 29th of July with mainly brief tornadoes and damaging winds occurring. ||This tornado began near the Town of Middleton along Old Sauk Rd and went through some subdivisions before ending south of Valley View Rd. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Bluff | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Pine Bluff | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Klevenville | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Riley | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Cross Plains | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| West Middleton | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Mount Horeb | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Middleton Junction | 6.8 miles | 17 | |
| Black Earth | 7.1 miles | 15 | |
| Five Points (historical) | 7.2 miles | 17 |
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 Pine Bluff | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7195063 | 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 1571419. 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.






