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Webster, Wisconsin

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Meenon town. It lies in ZIP code area 54893. The Survey maps it on the Webster quadrangle. 694 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Webster within Burnett County

Population over time

2 figures

Webster grew from 653 to 694 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.

YearPeople Change
2010653
2020694+41 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

237 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 237 fires within 5 miles of Webster between 1992 and 2020, burning about 125 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 8 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 burning71
Missing data/not specified/undetermined55
Equipment and vehicle use34
Fireworks19
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Smoking10
Natural10
Recreation and ceremony10
Arson/incendiarism8
Other causes5
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
26 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 September 2002Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 August 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 August 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 August 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Burnett County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Webster: 5 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hopkins PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Karlsborg PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Law Gables PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Oakland PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Webster Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Webster Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Yellow Lake Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Yellow Lake Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Yellow Lake Pit #3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Burnett County

Storms near this place

35 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Webster in 35 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 18 hail, 17 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 1995Thunderstorm WindWebster$250,000An isolated severe thunderstorm produced a wicked wet microburst whose violent winds and large hail did considerable damage in Webster (about $250 thousand). Twenty homes and four businesses sustained window and roof damage from the winds and large hail. Two-by-fours were driven through a roof of a house, and many power lines were toppled. Some cars were damaged in Webster by hail three inches in diameter. The hail was described as the size of "billiard balls".
August 1995Thunderstorm WindWebster$250,000Twenty homes and four businesses received window and roof damage from strong thunderstorm winds and large hail. Two-by-fours were driven through the roof of a house. The hail was described as the size of "billiard balls". Some cars were damaged and many power lines were blown down.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindWebster$10,000Several branches were down and a small tree had been split in two. Some dock and pontoon boat damage was also reported on Devils Lake.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindWebster$500A large healthy oak tree was blown down. In addition, 1.4 inches of rain fell in 30 minutes.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindWebster-Several trees were down on a road along with downed power lines.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindWebster-A 5-inch diameter dead pine tree was knocked down.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindWebster-Thunderstorm winds blew over a trampoline, garbage cans and a boat, in addition to removing some metal off of a structure.
September 2017Thunderstorm WindWebster-A tree was knocked down and blocked travel on Austin Lake Road in Sand Lake Township.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindWebster-A tree fell on a power line east of Webster.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindWebster-The storm caused widespread tree damage around Yellow Lake, with many trees uprooted.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindWebster-There was widespread tree damage in Webster and the surrounding area. Many trees had fallen on buildings and campers, and power was out for days.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindWebster-Trees were blown down.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindWebster-Tree downed.
October 2006HailWebster-Quarter size hail fell in the town of Webster, while golf ball size hail fell 1 mile southwest of Webster.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindWebster-Several large trees were blown down, some damaging houses and vehicles as they fell. The wind speed is estimated.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindWebster-Trees were blown down. Wind speed is estimated.
August 1995HailWebster-Twenty homes and four businesses received window and roof damage from strong thunderstorm winds and large hail. Two-by-fours were driven through the roof of a house. The hail was described as the size of "billiard balls". Some cars were damaged and many power lines were blown down.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindWebster-Twenty trees were blown down or uprooted in a yard on Sand Lake.
July 2023HailWebster-no account filed
May 2022HailWebster-no account filed
June 2014HailWebster-no account filed
June 2014HailWebster-no account filed
May 2012HailWebster-no account filed
July 2006HailWebster-no account filed
June 2001HailWebster-no account filed
June 2001HailWebster-no account filed
June 2001HailWebster-no account filed
June 2001HailWebster-no account filed
June 2001HailWebster-no account filed
July 2000HailWebster-no account filed
July 2000HailWebster-no account filed
August 2000HailWebster-no account filed
July 1999HailWebster-no account filed
June 1998HailWebster-no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindWebster-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Burnett County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Oakland4.1 miles14
Yellow Lake4.3 miles14
Siren6.4 miles14
Danbury8.9 miles8
Coomer10.7 miles13
Falun11.2 miles12
Hertel11.2 miles14
Alpha13.4 miles12

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 WebsterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2120334The 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 1576381. 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.