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.
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.
Hokenson Fishing Docklisted 1976 · 0.1 miles away
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 quadrangle1:62500
- 1964 USGS Sand Island quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
21 since 1995Regional 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 burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Apostle Islands National Lakeshore | PLOT FIRE |
| 5 July 2006 | Fireworks | under an acre | Great Lakes Agency | EAGLE BAY RD |
| 28 July 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Apostle Islands National Lakeshore | FIR FIRE |
| 10 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 July 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 acres | Great Lakes Agency | WDNR_BILL |
| 9 June 2010 | Firearms and explosives use | under an acre | Apostle Islands National Lakeshore | LITTLE SAND BAY |
| 7 May 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 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
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayfield County Sand Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Gilbert A. Larson Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| J. M. Black Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sand River Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Sand River Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2014Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sand Bay | - | Two trees were down across the East Trail on Raspberry Island. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sand 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sand 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sand Bay | - | There were numerous trees down on Sand Island. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sand Bay | - | Several large trees were down on Little Sand Bay Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Cliff | 8.3 miles | 10 | |
| Bayfield | 10.1 miles | 10 | |
| Pureair | 11.0 miles | 10 | |
| Salmo | 11.4 miles | 10 | |
| Cornucopia | 12.8 miles | 12 | |
| Sioux | 14.4 miles | 11 | |
| Bark Point | 16.1 miles | 8 | |
| Washburn | 18.8 miles | 11 |
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 Bay | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7415758 | 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 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.






