Winter, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Winter Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54896. The Survey maps it on the Winter quadrangle. 325 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,401 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWinter grew from 313 to 325 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 | 313 | |
| 2020 | 325 | +12 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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 Radisson quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Radisson quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Winter quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Spooner quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
41 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Winter between 1992 and 2020, burning about 24 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 August 2013 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 June 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | KNAPP STOUT ROAD FIRE |
| 3 May 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HIGHWAY G FIRE |
| 28 May 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 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 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Winter: 8 occurrences, 7 past producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anna Olson Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Brunet River Gravel Deposit #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Brunet River Gravel Deposit #4 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Brunet River Gravel Deposit #5 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Brunet River Sand Deposit #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Brunet River Sand Deposit #4 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Brunet River Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Chippewa River Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dam Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dorscheid Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
35 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Winter in 35 storm reports between 1999 and 2026: 19 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 lightning. 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 2008 | Lightning | Winter | $200,000 | A house fire was caused by a lightning strike. The house was totalled. |
| June 2017 | Flash Flood | Winter | $1,000 | Water flowed over Dam Road with a depth of 3 feet. |
| May 2016 | Flood | Winter | $1,000 | A few roads were washed out due to heavy rain. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winter | - | A tree fell onto a cabin roof and twisted and broke an antenna. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winter | - | A photo was received showing the top two-thirds of a tree that had been snapped off. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winter | - | A few smaller trees were downed along with the top of a larger tree near Winter. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winter | - | An mPING report of trees uprooted or snapped was received. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winter | - | Multiple trees were damaged with a maple uprooted and a large poplar snapped. |
| June 2017 | Flood | Winter | - | A local creek overflowed and flooded a home's basement and yard. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winter | - | An 18 diameter tree broke 10' to 12' above its base. Numerous branches were broken. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winter | - | Several limbs were down, including an 8 inch poplar branch. Power was out across Winter WI. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winter | - | Numerous trees were blown down. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winter | - | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winter | - | Trees were blown down at Big Bear Lodge. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Winter | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Winter | - | no account filed |
| September 2022 | Hail | Winter | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Winter | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Winter | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Winter | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Winter | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Winter | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Winter | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Winter | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Winter | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Winter | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Winter | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Winter | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Winter | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Winter | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Winter | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Winter | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Winter | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Winter | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winter | - | 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.
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 Winter | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2671552 | 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 1576887. 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.





