Red Cliff, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Russell town. It lies in ZIP code area 54814. It stands on Chicago Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bayfield quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1941 USGS Bayfield quadrangle1:48000
- 1946 USGS Bayfield quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Bayfield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Bayfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1989 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
57 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Red Cliff between 1992 and 2020, burning about 42 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 September 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Great Lakes Agency | BLUEBERRY RD POWERLI |
| 5 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.1 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 July 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Apostle Islands National Lakeshore | BASSWOOD1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Red Cliff: 2 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F. L. Wolfe Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Red Cliff Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Richard E. Smith Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Roy S. Smith Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
9 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Red Cliff in 9 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Cliff | 1 hurt, $8,000 | A large tree was blown down on to a camper trailer, sending one person to the hospital with serious head injuries. |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Red Cliff | $10,000 | Flooding was reported at the intersection of State Highway 13 and Blueberry Road in Red Cliff. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Red Cliff | $10,000 | There was major damage to a camper trailer. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Cliff | - | Five to ten medium to large poplar trees were snapped approximately four to eight feet up and were across the road. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Cliff | - | Several hundred trees down with approximately 70 percent uprooted and the rest snapped four to eight feet up, some higher. All were down in approximately the same direction. There was also some damage to trail infrastructure at Beaver Hollow. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Cliff | - | Approximately 20 to 30 trees were snapped near the base and partially across the road. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Cliff | - | A tree was downed by the storm along the northern Bayfield Peninsula. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Cliff | - | An area of approximately one half mile long of trees were blown down along Blueberry Road between Frog Bay Road and Emil Road. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Red Cliff | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1572135. 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.






