Westboro, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 2005. It stands in Westboro town. It lies in ZIP code area 54490. It stands on Fisher Creek. The Survey maps it on the Westboro quadrangle. 213 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,519 feet above sea level.
On record in Westboro
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 1 record
- Mondeaux Dam Recreation Arealisted 1984
Population over time
2 figuresWestboro grew from 190 to 213 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 | 190 | |
| 2020 | 213 | +23 (+12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 10 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.
- 1944 USGS Ogema quadrangle1:48000
- 1947 USGS Ogema quadrangle1:48000
- 1949 USGS Ogema quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Westboro quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Medford quadrangle1:100000
- 2005 USGS Westboro quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
55 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Westboro between 1994 and 2020, burning about 36 acres in total. 1 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 | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 August 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.8 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 2009 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 2009 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 July 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 June 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 June 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 June 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 Westboro: 8 past producers, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bjorklund Road Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Black Brook Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Chelsea Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Fisher Creek Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Half Moon Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Levitt Creek Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Levitt Creek Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Linden Road Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Queenstown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Rib Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
10 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Westboro in 10 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westboro | $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westboro | $4,000 | Numerous trees were blown down in Westboro. |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westboro | $2,500 | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westboro | $2,000 | Amateur radio operators reported several trees blown down across County Road D. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westboro | $1,000 | Trees were blown down in Westboro. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westboro | $1,000 | Trees were blown down and two fields had flattened corn. Damage was also reported along County Road M towards the Lincoln County line. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Westboro | - | The public reported 0.75 inch hail in Westboro. Reported via mPING. |
| July 2021 | Funnel Cloud | Westboro | - | A funnel cloud was sighted over Westboro. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Westboro | - | Quarter sized hail fell north of Westboro. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Westboro | - | Half dollar sized hail was reported in Westboro. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queenstown | 0.5 miles | 10 | |
| Chelsea | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Rib Lake | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Whittlesey | 9.3 miles | 6 | |
| Interwald | 13.1 miles | 9 | |
| Murat | 13.9 miles | 8 | |
| Medford | 15.1 miles | 6 | |
| Little Black | 17.3 miles | 6 |
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 Westboro | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7987122 | 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 1580763. 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.







