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Seeley, Wisconsin

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Lenroot town. It lies in ZIP code area 54843. The Survey maps it on the Seeley quadrangle. It stands 1,270 feet above sea level.

Seeley within Sawyer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

42 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Seeley between 1992 and 2018, burning about 156 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Debris and open burning12
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural2
Other causes1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 July 2007Natural32 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesBALL PARK FIRE
18 July 2007Debris and open burning1.6 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 July 2000Fireworksunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesSMALL ROAD FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sawyer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Seeley: 15 occurrences, 5 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
Ellen W. Miller Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Florence Dempsey Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gilbert F. Rasmussen Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Gilbert F. Rasmussen Gravel Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Irving Svendson Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Mcdermott Brook Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Mosquito Bk. Fire Ln. Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Namekagon River Gravel Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Namekagon River Gravel Deposit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Namekagon River Gravel Deposit #3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Sawyer County

Storms near this place

16 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Seeley in 16 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 flash flood. 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
May 1994Thunderstorm WindSeeley$50,000no account filed
September 1993Thunderstorm WindSeeley$500no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindSeeley-High resolution satellite imagery depicted a swath of tree damage about a half mile in length and 120 yards in width in a west-northwest to east-southeast direction. Damage was reported in this area as well.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindSeeley-A roof was partially ripped off by the winds.
July 2023Flash FloodSeeley-Several medium to large washouts were reported across Boedecker Road.
July 2023Flash FloodSeeley-Running water from the heavy rainfall led to gravel being washed across the pavement on Highway OO along with the ditch becoming eroded.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindSeeley-Numerous small branches along with a few wrist-sized or larger branches down.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindSeeley-Tree branches three inches in diameter were snapped off trees near Seeley.
June 2020HailSeeley-Leaves were stripped from trees and the ground was covered in hail.
August 2012HailSeeley-Hail fell for ten minutes. Most of the hail was small, but some stones were nickel-sized.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindSeeley-Numerous one-foot diameter trees were blown down.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindSeeley-Numerous trees were blown down. Wind speed is estimated.
June 2025HailSeeley-no account filed
June 2025HailSeeley-no account filed
June 2022HailSeeley-no account filed
June 2021HailSeeley-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sawyer 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
Phipps4.9 miles8
Hayward9.9 miles8
Little Round Lake10.8 miles8
Chief Lake13.5 miles8
Northwoods Beach14.5 miles9
Reserve16.6 miles9
New Post18.1 miles11
Stone Lake21.3 miles8

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 SeeleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7445825The 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 1573889. 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.