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.
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
D. R. Moon Memorial Librarylisted 1985
L.I. Roe Houselisted 1980
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1952 USGS Stanley quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Stanley NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Stanley quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Marshfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 2000Regional 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 burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 4119 |
| 30 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 186 |
| 2 July 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 8020 |
| 5 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 8220 |
| 5 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1918 |
| 18 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2518 |
| 7 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BROEK FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Browns Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hazuga Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stanley | $100,000 | Several 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stanley | $5,000 | A 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stanley | - | Multiple trees were uprooted. |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Stanley | - | 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 2021 | Tornado (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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stanley | - | Trees were blown down. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stanley | - | A large tree was blown down near Stanley. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stanley | - | Eighteen inch tree limb severed. Wooden swing set, decorative windmill, small decorative playhouse destroyed. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stanley | - | A tree was downed near the intersection of the Chippewa, Clarke, and Eau Claire county borders. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stanley | - | A portion of a store's roof was blown off. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stanley | - | Large tree down across road. Estimated windspeed. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stanley | - | Farm damaged. Estimated windspeed. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Stanley | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Stanley | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Stanley | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Stanley | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Stanley | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Hail | Stanley | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Stanley | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Hill | 4.6 miles | 6 | |
| Brownville | 4.9 miles | 6 | |
| Boyd | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Edson | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Colburn | 8.0 miles | 6 | |
| Huron | 11.3 miles | 6 | |
| Cadott | 11.4 miles | 11 | |
| Crescent | 13.4 miles | 6 |
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 Stanley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1569335 | 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 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.






