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Stanberry, Wisconsin

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Stinnett town. It lies in ZIP code area 54875. It stands on Maggie Creek. The Survey maps it on the Stanberry West quadrangle. It stands 1,142 feet above sea level.

Stanberry within Washburn County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

75 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Stanberry between 1993 and 2019, burning about 200 acres in total. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Debris and open burning17
Railroad operations and maintenance14
Equipment and vehicle use9
Arson/incendiarism4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Natural3
Other causes2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
2 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use12 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesHAMILTON
13 September 2007Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 September 1998Other causesunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesSTANBERRY DITCH FIRE
10 August 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 August 2007Debris and open burning3.5 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 July 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washburn County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Stanberry: 5 occurrences, 3 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
Eugene & Ann Wentzel Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Eugene & Ann Wentzel Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hayward Gravel Deposit #3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Sugar Bush Lake Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Washburn County Gravel Pit #5Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Washburn County Gravel Pit #7Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Washburn County Sand Deposit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Washburn County Sand Deposit #3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Washburn County

Storms near this place

6 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stanberry in 6 storm reports between 2007 and 2022: 4 hail, 2 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 WindStanberry-Several reports were received from across the county of smaller trees and branches down due to the winds.
July 2014HailStanberry-There were dime to quarter sized hailstones.
July 2014HailStanberry-The hail began as pea size hail and increased to ping pong ball size.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindStanberry-There were numerous trees down along US 77 at CN Overpass. Railroad crews were working to clear trees along the right-of-way.
September 2014HailStanberry-no account filed
June 2007HailStanberry-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washburn 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
Harmon (historical)4.7 miles9
Springbrook5.2 miles8
Chittamo9.6 miles9
Earl9.7 miles8
Lampson10.2 miles8
Minong12.3 miles9
Trego12.7 miles8
Madge18.8 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 StanberryAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7598000The 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 1574782. 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.