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Stanley, Wisconsin

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Stanley City. It lies in ZIP code area 54768. It stands on Little Otter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Stanley quadrangle. 3,804 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,083 feet above sea level.

Stanley within Chippewa County

On record in Stanley

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 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

14 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Stanley between 2000 and 2020, burning about 56 acres in total. None 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 burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
30 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources4119
30 July 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources186
2 July 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources8020
5 May 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources8220
5 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1918
18 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2518
7 April 2017Debris and open burning1.3 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesBROEK FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chippewa County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Stanley: 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
Browns PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hazuga PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Chippewa County

Storms near this place

19 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stanley in 19 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 tornado, 1 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
July 2015Thunderstorm WindStanley$100,000Several trees were toppled in Stanley along with power lines blown down. Portions of the city had no power for several hours. Several of the trees landed on homes and caused some damage to roofs.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindStanley$5,000A roof was damaged due to straight line winds. In addition, a few large trees were uprooted in Fandry Park, on the west side of town.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindStanley-Multiple trees were uprooted.
July 2022Flash FloodStanley-Local authorities reported closed roads due to flooding in the city of Stanley. In addition, several culverts were washed out and streams were running high between Stanley and Colburn. Based on the flash flood guidance, the rainfall totals were nearly two times that amount to flood. Radar estimates between Colburn and Stanley average between 4 and 6 inches, with an unofficial report of 5.40 inches in the city of Stanley.
June 2021Tornado (EF0)Stanley-Video of a tornado was provided via a TV station's social media site. The tornado was over a field and caused no known damage.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindStanley-Trees were blown down.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindStanley-A large tree was blown down near Stanley.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindStanley-Eighteen inch tree limb severed. Wooden swing set, decorative windmill, small decorative playhouse destroyed.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindStanley-A tree was downed near the intersection of the Chippewa, Clarke, and Eau Claire county borders.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindStanley-A portion of a store's roof was blown off.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindStanley-Large tree down across road. Estimated windspeed.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindStanley-Farm damaged. Estimated windspeed.
May 2018HailStanley-no account filed
May 2008HailStanley-no account filed
August 2002HailStanley-no account filed
July 2001HailStanley-no account filed
July 2000HailStanley-no account filed
September 1998HailStanley-no account filed
March 1998HailStanley-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Chippewa 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
Maple Hill4.6 miles6
Brownville4.9 miles6
Boyd5.2 miles12
Edson5.6 miles12
Colburn8.0 miles6
Huron11.3 miles6
Cadott11.4 miles11
Crescent13.4 miles6

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 StanleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1569335The 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 1574790. 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.