Twin Bluffs, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Orion town. It lies in ZIP code area 53556. It stands on Willow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sextonville quadrangle. It stands 709 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1905 USGS Richland Center quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Richland Center quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Sextonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Richland Center quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
69 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Twin Bluffs between 1992 and 2018, burning about 138 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | ONE HUNDRED |
| 13 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | RINGELSTETTER |
| 31 July 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.3 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BIRD FIRE |
| 29 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 July 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | GOTHAM MARSH |
| 8 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | JUNE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Twin Bluffs: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haney Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Twin Bluffs in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2022: 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Twin Bluffs | $10,000 | Several small sheds and outbuildings were damaged northwest of Sextonville. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Twin Bluffs | - | Runoff from heavy rain pushed small streams out of their banks with water over County Highway TB near the intersection with County Highway O south of Richland Center. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Twin Bluffs | - | Penny sized hail was reported near the intersection of Highways 58 and U.S. 14. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Twin Bluffs | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sextonville | 1.2 miles | 12 | |
| Aubrey | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Gotham | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Ithaca | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Richland Center | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Bear Valley | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Keyesville | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Neptune | 7.3 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 Twin Bluffs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7858077 | 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 1578627. 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.







