Price, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Garfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 54741. It stands on Solum Creek. The Survey maps it on the Price quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1935 USGS Osseo quadrangle1:48000
- 1940 USGS Osseo quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Osseo quadrangle1:62500
- 1984 USGS Price quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
89 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Price between 1992 and 2018, burning about 102 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BRANCH ROAD |
| 6 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.8 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 August 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 July 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
19 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Price in 19 storm reports between 2002 and 2026: 11 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind. 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 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Price | $30,000 | Trees were blown down in the Town of Cleveland. Some of the downed trees landed on vehicles. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Price | $17,000 | The public reported golf ball sized hail 2 miles east of Price. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Price | $15,000 | A trained spotter reported golf ball sized hail roughly 2 miles south-southeast of Price. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Price | $15,000 | Golf ball sized hail fell across the far northern sections of Jackson County east of Price. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Price | $2,000 | A tree was uprooted and blown down across a power line east of Price. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Price | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Price | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Price | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Price | $500 | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Price | $250 | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Price | $250 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Price | - | The public reported ping pong ball sized hail in northwestern Jackson county. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Price | - | Quarter sized hail was reported southwest of Price. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Price | - | Quarter sized hail fell north of Northfield. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Price | - | Walnut sized hail was reported in the far northern portion of Jackson County north of Alma Center. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Price | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Price | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Price | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | Price | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Levis | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Requa | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Northfield | 8.8 miles | 13 | |
| North Branch | 9.7 miles | 13 | |
| York | 10.3 miles | 13 | |
| Alma Center | 12.5 miles | 13 | |
| Hixton | 13.7 miles | 13 | |
| Merrillan | 14.5 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1571927. 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.







