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Transit.................................................................................................................... 120 Bicycles ................................................................................................................. 121 Pedestrian Facilities ............................................................................................... 121 Safety ..................................................................................................................... 125 Commuting Patterns............................................................................................... 127 Railroads ................................................................................................................ 127 Air Transportation.................................................................................................. 130 Water Transportation ............................................................................................. 131 Relevant Transportation Plans ........................................................................................ 131 Statewide Transportation Plans.............................................................................. 131 Barron County Transportation Plans ..................................................................... 132 Overarching Transportation Goals of Individual Plans .................................................. 132 Summary......................................................................................................................... 133 4. Utilities and Community Facilities Information .................................................... 135 Element Context.............................................................................................................. 135 Inventory of Utilities....................................................................................................... 136 Sanitary Sewer and Wastewater Treatment........................................................... 136 On-Site Septic Systems ......................................................................................... 137 Water Supply......................................................................................................... 138 Stormwater Management....................................................................................... 139 Telecommunications Facilities.............................................................................. 141 Power Plants, Substations, and Transmission Lines.............................................. 144 Electric Utilities..................................................................................................... 144 Natural Gas Utilities .............................................................................................. 144 Inventory of Educational Facilities................................................................................. 145 Non-Public Schools ............................................................................................... 145 Public Schools ....................................................................................................... 145 Cooperative Educational Service Agencies (CESA)............................................. 147 Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education......................................................... 147 University of Wisconsin System ........................................................................... 148 Other Colleges and Universities............................................................................ 148 Inventory of Other Community Facilities and Services ................................................. 149 Libraries................................................................................................................. 149 Solid Waste Disposal and Recycling Facilities ..................................................... 150 Law Enforcement .................................................................................................. 151 Fire Departments ................................................................................................... 151 Ambulance............................................................................................................. 152 First Responders..................................................................................................... 152 Hazardous Materials Response.............................................................................. 153 Medical Facilities................................................................................................... 154 Child Care Services................................................................................................ 154 Assisted Living Facilities, Nursing Homes, and Senior Programs........................ 156 Parks and Recreation Facilities.............................................................................. 158 Cemeteries.............................................................................................................. 163 ii Table of Contents
Dams ...................................................................................................................... 165 Other Government Facilities.................................................................................. 166 Summary......................................................................................................................... 167 Utilities and Community Facilities Maps ....................................................................... 168 5. Agricultural, Natural, and Cultural Resources Information................................ 175 Element Context.............................................................................................................. 175 Agricultural Resources.................................................................................................... 177 Local Agricultural Industry Trends ....................................................................... 177 Prime Agricultural Lands ...................................................................................... 181 Natural Resources – Physical Features........................................................................... 183 Topography............................................................................................................ 183 Bedrock Geology................................................................................................... 184 Surface Geology .................................................................................................... 185 Soils ....................................................................................................................... 186 Mineral Resources ................................................................................................. 188 Watersheds & Surface Waters............................................................................... 189 Water Quality by Watershed ................................................................................. 189 Impaired Waters .................................................................................................... 191 Outstanding and Exceptional Resource Waters..................................................... 191 Point Source Discharges........................................................................................ 192 Groundwater .......................................................................................................... 193 Natural Resources – Sensitive Lands.............................................................................. 194 Shorelands ............................................................................................................. 194 Floodplains ............................................................................................................ 195 Wetlands ................................................................................................................ 195 Steep Slopes........................................................................................................... 195 Forests and Woodlands.......................................................................................... 196 Grasslands and Prairie ........................................................................................... 198 Wildlife, Wildlife Habitat and Open Space........................................................... 199 Rare and Endanged Species and Natural Communities ........................................ 199 State Natural Areas................................................................................................ 200 Wisconsin’s Land Legacy Report.......................................................................... 200 Parks and Recreational Resources......................................................................... 201 Cultural Resources.......................................................................................................... 202 Summary......................................................................................................................... 205 Natural Resource Map Series.......................................................................................... 208 6. Economic Development Information ...................................................................... 209 Element Context.............................................................................................................. 209 The Wisconsin Economy ................................................................................................ 209 Recent Economic Trends ....................................................................................... 210 The Current Economic Slowdown......................................................................... 211 Wisconsin’s Economic Outlook ............................................................................ 213 Barron County Economic Profile.................................................................................... 214 Barron County Conditions and Trends Report iii
Page 1: BARRON COUNTY CONDITIONS AND TRENDS
Page 4: Forward The Barron County Condition
Page 10 and 11: Economic Data .....................
Page 12 and 13: Table 1.22 - Median Household Incom
Page 14 and 15: List of Maps 1.1 - Barron County Lo
Page 16 and 17: x Table of Contents
Page 19 and 20: 1. ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES INFORMA
Page 21 and 22: Socio-Economic Profile Population A
Page 23 and 24: The rate of growth for Turtle Lake
Page 25 and 26: Figure 1.4 Barron County Racial Pop
Page 27 and 28: Although the Decennial Census’s s
Page 29 and 30: Population projections are, at best
Page 31 and 32: leave as other opportunities open u
Page 33 and 34: Data Tables Table 1.1 Barron County
Page 35 and 36: Table 1.4 Barron County Components
Page 37 and 38: Table 1.7 continued Population by A
Page 39 and 40: Table 1.8 Population by Age and Sex
Page 41 and 42: Table 1.8 continued Population by A
Page 43 and 44: Table 1.9A continued Percent Change
Page 45 and 46: Table 1.9B Percent Change in Age/Se
Page 47 and 48: Table 1.9B continued Percent Change
Page 49 and 50: Table 1.11 Household Projections -
Page 51 and 52: Table 1.12C Barron County Race Char
Page 53 and 54: Table 1.13 continued Educational At
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Table 1.13 continued Educational At
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Table 1.14 continued Labor Force -
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Table 1.14 continued Labor Force -
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Table 1.16 continued Employment By
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Table 1.17 Employment By Occupation
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Table 1.20 Households by Household
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2. HOUSING INFORMATION Element Cont
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Historically, the number of seasona
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or not fully paid for. The U.S. Bur
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of Almena, Cedar Lake, Chetek, Crys
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Table 2.2 Seasonal Units - 2000 - B
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Table 2.4 Units in Structure - 2000
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Table 2.6 Housing Value of Specifie
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Table 2.8 Owner-Occupied Housing Co
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Table 2.10 Housing Unit Projections
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Table 2.12 Housing Characteristics
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Table 2.12 continued Housing Charac
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3. TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION Eleme
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Background Data/Existing Conditions
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Map 3.2 - Barron County Rural Funct
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Table 3.3 - Road Miles by Functiona
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Bridges community expressed concern
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• Rustic Road 83 follows 13 3/4 -
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Private transit is offered by the S
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Map 3.5 - Barron County Bicycling C
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Safety While traffic volumes have c
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Commuting Patterns Residents of Bar
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Map 3.7 - Railroad Ownership in Wes
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WisDOT’s Five-Year Airport Improv
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• Provide sufficient capacity in
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4. UTILITIES AND COMMUNITY FACILITI
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On-Site Septic Systems Nearly all d
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facilities such as water towers. Th
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Incorporated municipalities may cre
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Table 4.3 - Telephone Providers in
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Inventory of Educational Facilities
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Cooperative Educational Service Age
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Inventory of Other Community Facili
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Barron County has also periodically
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Responders receive 59 hours of cert
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Communities may need to consider po
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elderly, younger adults with physic
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specific to a community will be add
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Table 4.10 - Primary Parks in Barro
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Cemeteries The following are the ce
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Town of Stanfold Stanfold Lutheran
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highway, public works, and maintena
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Map 4.3 - Natural Gas Service in We
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Map 4.5 - Barron County Fire Distri
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Map 4.7 - Barron County First Respo
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5. AGRICULTURAL, NATURAL, AND CULTU
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Agricultural Resources The Barron C
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Table 5.3 Assessed Agricultural Par
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Barron County direct market farms t
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likely to be highly suited for agri
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Surface Geology The surface geology
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Freeon-Magnor-Newood Association De
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Watersheds & Surface Waters Lakes,
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County or State programs to protect
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Groundwater Groundwater is an impor
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Floodplains One sensitive land feat
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Barron County Conditions and Trends
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maintain sufficient grasslands for
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Parks and Recreational Resources Vi
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Table 5.11 - Site and Structures on
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Summary The Barron County Land Use
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• Between 1990 and 2007 the towns
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6. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION
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The Wisconsin economy grew rapidly
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commodity prices, has created a bud
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Wisconsin, through the Department o
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Table 6.1 - Barron County Education
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Employment Trends Of Barron County
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Commuting Patterns Of Barron County
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Employment by Industry As shown in
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Table 6.5- Barron County Top Employ
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Employment by Occupation Like emplo
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Table 6.7 West Central Wisconsin WD
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is based on the greatest percent ch
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Figure 6.10 Traveler Expenditures i
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Summary The data presented in this
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Table 6.10 - Contaminated Sites in
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Table 6.10 - Contaminated Sites in
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7. LAND USE INFORMATION Element Con
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Table 7.3—Leading Percentage Loss
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land. While the City of Cumberland
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agricultural land. Forested land in
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Summary Land development, the deman
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Land Use by Municipality Discussion
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experienced a 55 percent increase i
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Village Land Use Summaries Almena T
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Land Use Tables Table 7.5 Assessed
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Table 7.7 Assessed Industrial Acres
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Table 7.9 Assessed Forest Parcels a
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Table 7.11 Agricultural Land Sales
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Table 7.14 Land Assessed Value per
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