Prairie Farm Wisconsin Map
Explore Prairie Farm, Wisconsin, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
Interactive Map of Prairie Farm, Wisconsin
How to Use This Prairie Farm, Wisconsin Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Prairie Farm, Wisconsin. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Wisconsin or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Prairie Farm.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Prairie Farm |
| State | Wisconsin (WI) |
| County | Barron County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 45.237184 |
| Longitude | -91.981568 |
| Population | 494 |
| Density | 198.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 54762 |
| Area Code | 715 |
| County Seat | Barron |
| School District | Prairie Farm School District |
About Prairie Farm, Wisconsin
Prairie Farm is a locality in Barron County, Wisconsin, United States. It is a small community with a population of 494. The population density is 198.3 people per km². Prairie Farm is located at 45.2372°N, 91.9816°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Prairie Farm is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 54762.Prairie Farm reveals itself where the Hay River carves a quiet, serpentine path through the landscape, defining the rhythm of the valley with its steady, translucent current. It lies 23.6 miles east-northeast of Saint Croix, WI (from Saint Croix, WI: bearing 57°T), and is situated 15.2 miles east-northeast of Forest. The land surrounding Prairie Farm opens into wide, fertile expanses that transition into the denser, shadowed timber of the nearby Barron County Forest, where the air holds a permanent, cool scent of pine and damp earth. To the distant horizon, the silhouette of the Blue Hills breaks the skyline, offering a jagged, violet contrast to the soft, golden light that settles over the fields at dusk. The stillness here is punctuated only by the movement of water against the banks of the Prairie Farm Flowage, a mirror for the shifting clouds that drift across the vast, unencumbered sky.
Agriculture remains the pulse of Prairie Farm, an economy rooted in the deep, dark soil that has sustained generations of families who arrived with the traditions of German and Scandinavian heritage. Life here moves in accordance with the turning seasons, from the frantic, dust-heavy days of harvest to the long, hushed winters that draw the community toward the warmth of local hearths. The legacy of the region is written in the sturdy architecture of old barns and the simple, enduring pride of a rural life that values labor and the communal gathering. In the quiet evenings, the flickering lights of Prairie Farm emerge against the deepening dark, a small, persistent constellation marking a place where the work of the day leaves behind a profound and necessary silence.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Barron County Forest (Local Conservation Area) — 3.8 mi, 318° NW
- Turtle Creek Fishery Area (State Recreation Area) — 6.5 mi, 328° NW
- Scattered Wildlife - Wd (State Recreation Area) — 8.0 mi, 184° S
- Scattered Wildlife (State Conservation Area) — 8.0 mi, 184° S
- Polk County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 10.1 mi, 289° W
- Extensive Wl Habitat - Public Hunting Ground (State Conservation Area) — 10.7 mi, 025° NE
- Old School House (Historic Ruins) — 11.8 mi, 320° NW
- Cattail State Trail (State Park) — 12.9 mi, 345° N
- Clear Lake Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 14.3 mi, 272° W
- Pioneer Village Museum (Museum) — 15.3 mi, 041° NE
- Chetek Mural (Public Artwork) — 17.0 mi, 071° E
- Pine Was King (Monument) — 17.1 mi, 079° E
- Art Z (Gallery) — 19.2 mi, 286° W
- Lake Seven Movie Theatre (Cinema) — 19.6 mi, 038° NE
- Wild Rivers State Trail (State Park) — 20.8 mi, 035° NE
- World War I Historic Marker (Monument) — 23.0 mi, 171° S
- Dunn County Historical Society (Museum) — 23.2 mi, 172° S
- Tainter Gate Historic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 24.6 mi, 174° S
- Menomonie Theater Guild (Theatre) — 25.0 mi, 174° S
- Brewery Nønic (Attraction) — 25.1 mi, 175° S
- Harvey Hall Theatre (Theatre) — 25.1 mi, 174° S
- Furlong Gallery (Gallery) — 25.4 mi, 174° S
- Gallery 209 (Gallery) — 25.4 mi, 174° S
- Fawn Doe Rosa Wildlife Educational Park (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 31.9 mi, 291° W
- Big Yellow Chair (Attraction) — 34.5 mi, 290° W
- Folsom House (Museum) — 34.6 mi, 289° W
- Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway (Wild & Scenic River) — 35.5 mi, 294° NW · 21k acres
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About This Prairie Farm Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Prairie Farm, Wisconsin. Coordinates: 45.237184, -91.981568. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Prairie Farm includes the ZIP code (54762), telephone area code (715), county seat of Barron County (Barron), and school district assignment (Prairie Farm School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
