Woodboro, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Woodboro town. It lies in ZIP code area 54501. It lies near Big Island. The Survey maps it on the Woodboro quadrangle. It stands 1,608 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1939 USGS Cassian quadrangle1:48000, 4 printings
- 1942 USGS Cassian quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Heafford Junction quadrangle1:62500
- 1982 USGS Woodboro quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Rhinelander quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
110 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Woodboro between 1992 and 2019, burning about 37 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Great Lakes Agency | TOMAHWK C. |
| 1 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 August 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | VELVET LAKE FIRE |
| 11 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 July 2005 | 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
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Woodboro: 3 occurrences, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Four Mile Creek Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Fox Ranch Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hat Rapids Flowage Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Hat Rapids Road Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Heal Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Velvet Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woodboro in 9 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodboro | $10,000 | Straight-line thunderstorm winds downed trees on CR-L near the Lincoln County line and damaged a store in the township of Woodboro. Time of event is approximate. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodboro | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodboro | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Woodboro. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodboro | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Woodboro. The time of this event was estimated based on radar data. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Woodboro | - | no account filed |
| October 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodboro | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodboro | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Woodboro | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Woodboro | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crescent Corner | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Manson (historical) | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Newbold | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Harshaw | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Rhinelander | 7.8 miles | 9 | |
| McNaughton | 8.6 miles | 12 | |
| Goodnow | 8.8 miles | 12 | |
| Roosevelt | 13.4 miles | 9 |
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 Woodboro | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8032386 | 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 1576981. 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.






