Wabeno, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Wabeno town. It lies in ZIP code area 54566. It stands on Range Line Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wabeno quadrangle. 453 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,539 feet above sea level.
On record in Wabeno
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.
Chicago and North-Western Land Officelisted 1993 · 0.0 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresWabeno fell from 575 to 453 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 575 | |
| 2020 | 453 | -122 (-21%) |
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.
- 1942 USGS Wabeno quadrangle1:48000
- 1950 USGS Wabeno quadrangle1:48000
- 1951 USGS Wabeno quadrangle1:48000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Wabeno quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Wabeno quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
45 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Wabeno between 1994 and 2020, burning about 48 acres in total. 5 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 | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | CABIN |
| 25 July 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 July 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | QUARTZ TRAIL |
| 12 July 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | HIMLEY ISLAND |
| 26 June 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 June 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | not named |
| 15 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | DAISY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Wabeno: 7 past producers, 5 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Eugene Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Geiter Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Indian Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Outskirts Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Range Line Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Round Creek Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Round Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Torpee Creek Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Torpee Creek Gravel Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
15 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wabeno in 15 storm reports between 1999 and 2017: 8 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wabeno | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines and destroyed a band stand in downtown Wabeno. The landmark band stand was in the community for more than 50 years. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wabeno | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees near County Road W. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wabeno | - | Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power lines in the far south and southwest parts of Forest County, west of Carter and about 2 miles north of the Pickerel area. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Wabeno | - | Quarter size hail fell at Wabeno. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Wabeno | - | Quarter size hail fell near Wabeno. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wabeno | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees near the intersection of STH 52 and CTH W. |
| September 2012 | Funnel Cloud | Wabeno | - | Thunderstorms produced a funnel cloud over Wabeno. |
| October 2010 | Hail | Wabeno | - | Dime-size hail fell at Wabeno. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Wabeno | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Wabeno | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Wabeno | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Wabeno | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wabeno | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wabeno | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Wabeno | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soperton | 1.3 miles | 11 | |
| Carter | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Padus | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Minertown (historical) | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Oneva (historical) | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Blackwell | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Blackwell Junction | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Woodlawn | 8.6 miles | 11 |
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 Wabeno | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7958692 | 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 1580716. 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.






