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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1947 USGS Chittamo quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Chittamo quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Stanberry West quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Solon Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
75 since 1993Regional 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/undetermined | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HAMILTON |
| 13 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 September 1998 | Other causes | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | STANBERRY DITCH FIRE |
| 10 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 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
8 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eugene & Ann Wentzel Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Eugene & Ann Wentzel Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hayward Gravel Deposit #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Sugar Bush Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Washburn County Gravel Pit #5 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Washburn County Gravel Pit #7 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Washburn County Sand Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Washburn County Sand Deposit #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
6 since 2007Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stanberry | - | Several reports were received from across the county of smaller trees and branches down due to the winds. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Stanberry | - | There were dime to quarter sized hailstones. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Stanberry | - | The hail began as pea size hail and increased to ping pong ball size. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stanberry | - | There were numerous trees down along US 77 at CN Overpass. Railroad crews were working to clear trees along the right-of-way. |
| September 2014 | Hail | Stanberry | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Stanberry | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmon (historical) | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Springbrook | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Chittamo | 9.6 miles | 9 | |
| Earl | 9.7 miles | 8 | |
| Lampson | 10.2 miles | 8 | |
| Minong | 12.3 miles | 9 | |
| Trego | 12.7 miles | 8 | |
| Madge | 18.8 miles | 8 |
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 Stanberry | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7598000 | 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 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.





