Sunflower, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Lake Tomahawk town. It lies in ZIP code area 54539. It lies near Dead Island. The Survey maps it on the Hazelhurst quadrangle. It stands 1,598 feet above sea level.
On record in Sunflower
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Tomahawk Lake Camp Historic Districtlisted 1992 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1938 USGS Minocqua quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Minocqua quadrangle1:48000
- 1949 USGS Minocqua quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Minocqua quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Hazelhurst quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Rhinelander quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
116 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Sunflower between 1992 and 2020, burning about 64 acres in total. None started naturally. 19 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 | 33 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | NORTH BAY FIRE |
| 15 August 1994 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 July 1998 | Other causes | 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
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Sunflower: 7 past producers, 5 occurrences. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolger Lake Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Bolger Lake Gravel Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Bolger Lake Gravel Deposit #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Clawson Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gilmore Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hazelhurst Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Katherine Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Minocqua Township Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sureshot Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Yawkey Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sunflower in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2024 | Hail | Sunflower | - | Nickel size hail fell near Lake Tomahawk. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Tomahawk | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Hazelhurst | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Rantz | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Minocqua | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Woodruff | 7.1 miles | 12 | |
| McNaughton | 7.1 miles | 12 | |
| Goodnow | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Harshaw | 9.5 miles | 12 |
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 Sunflower | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7640004 | 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 1873784. 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.







