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Sand Bay, 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. The Survey maps it on the Sand Island quadrangle. It stands 630 feet above sea level.

Sand Bay within Bayfield County

On record in Sand Bay

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

21 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Sand Bay between 1995 and 2020, burning about 29 acres in total. 3 started naturally. None 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 burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1
Firearms and explosives use1
Fireworks1

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
6 July 2007Naturalunder an acreApostle Islands National LakeshorePLOT FIRE
5 July 2006Fireworksunder an acreGreat Lakes AgencyEAGLE BAY RD
28 July 2001Naturalunder an acreApostle Islands National LakeshoreFIR FIRE
10 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 July 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined23 acresGreat Lakes AgencyWDNR_BILL
9 June 2010Firearms and explosives useunder an acreApostle Islands National LakeshoreLITTLE SAND BAY
7 May 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bayfield County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Sand Bay: 3 occurrences, 2 past producers. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bayfield County Sand Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Gilbert A. Larson Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
J. M. Black Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand River Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Sand River Gravel Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bayfield County

Storms near this place

5 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sand Bay in 5 storm reports between 2014 and 2022: 5 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2022Thunderstorm WindSand Bay-Two trees were down across the East Trail on Raspberry Island.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindSand Bay-Numerous trees were down along a road and a road sign post was bent. Additionally, a section of pine trees were sheared off at the top.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindSand Bay-Widespread tree damage was reported along with downed trees blocking roads and taking down power lines along Big Sand Bay Road and Little Sand Bay Road.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindSand Bay-There were numerous trees down on Sand Island.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindSand Bay-Several large trees were down on Little Sand Bay Road.

Every storm recorded in Bayfield 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
Red Cliff8.3 miles10
Bayfield10.1 miles10
Pureair11.0 miles10
Salmo11.4 miles10
Cornucopia12.8 miles12
Sioux14.4 miles11
Bark Point16.1 miles8
Washburn18.8 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 Sand BayAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7415758The 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 1573653. 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.