Trade River, Wisconsin
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Anderson town. It lies in ZIP code area 54840. It stands on North Fork Trade River. The Survey maps it on the Trade River quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1951 USGS Milltown quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Milltown quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Milltown NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Trade River quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Grantsburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
78 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Trade River between 1993 and 2020, burning about 286 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MEDCHILL ROAD FIRE #1 |
| 31 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MEDCHILL ROAD FIRE #3 |
| 31 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MEDCHILL ROAD FIRE #2 |
| 7 July 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 2001 | Fireworks | 27 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 July 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 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 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Trade River: 6 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Prospect Near Forsythe La | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Near Forsythe La | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Amundson Sand Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Amundson Sand Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Atlas Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Atlas Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bass Lake Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Osceola Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Round Lake Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Trade River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Trade River in 4 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trade River | - | Tree branches up to 1.5 inches in diameter were broken along with power outages. |
| April 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Trade River | - | Around 200 large trees were knocked down in a path across wooded land. The tornado touched down just north of the county line between Polk and Burnett counties, and proceeded east-northeast through the woods. Some of the trees knocked down were 15 to 20 inches in diameter. The USFS in Trade River recorded a 64.5 mph wind gust. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Trade River | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Trade River | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four Corners | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Trade Lake | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Branstad | 6.2 miles | 16 | |
| Pole Cat Crossing | 7.6 miles | 16 | |
| Grantsburg | 8.9 miles | 12 | |
| Lind | 9.1 miles | 16 | |
| Randall | 9.2 miles | 16 | |
| Alpha | 9.9 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 Trade River | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7831969 | 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 1575565. 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.









