Drinking water stations with addresses in Balsam Lake and their reported violations in the past:
BALSAM LAKE WATERWORKS (Population served: 1031, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-01-2000 and AUG-04-2000, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (AUG-04-2000)
POLK CO KENNEDY ENVIRONMENTAL AREA (Address: 100 POLK PLAZA, SUITE 10, Population served: 25, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- One routine major monitoring violation
- One regular monitoring violation
Drinking water stations with addresses in Balsam Lake that have no violations reported:
- PERRY MOUND RENTALS (Population served: 27, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- POLK CO BLACK BROOK PARK (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- POLK CO APPLE RIVER PARK (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- POLK CO ATLAS PARK (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- POLK CO LOTUS LAKE PARK (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
Average household size:
| This village: |  2.1 people | | Wisconsin: |  2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This village: | 61.9% | | Whole state: | 66.5% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This village: | 6.3% | | Whole state: | 5.7% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This village: | 7.7% | | Whole state: | 8.7% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This village: | 2.6% | | Whole state: | 3.7% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Balsam Lake, WI
47 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Balsam Lake compared to Wisconsin state average:
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age significantly above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage above state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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2004 Presidential Election results in Polk County Wisconsin:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Utility gas (75%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Wood (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
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Religion statistics for Balsam Lake
| Name | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Catholic Church | Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod | United Methodist Church | Lutheran Church |
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| Adherents | 48.4% | 20.6% | 7.3% | 4.8% | 3.7% |
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| Congregations | 32.6% | 7.9% | 6.7% | 13.5% | 5.6% |
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| Name | Christian and Missionary Alliance | Baptist General Conference | Evangelical Free Church of America | United Church of Christ | Other religions |
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| Adherents | 2.7% | 2.3% | 1.8% | 1.8% | 6.7% |
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| Congregations | 2.2% | 4.5% | 4.5% | 1.1% | 21.3% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Other Government Administration |
1 | $3,548 | $42,576 | 1 | $1,187 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
1 | $3,286 | $39,432 | 0 | $0 |
| Streets and Highways |
2 | $6,670 | $40,020 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
1 | $3,570 | $42,840 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
1 | $4,553 | $54,636 | 0 | $0 |
| Local Libraries |
0 | $0 | | 2 | $2,095 |
| Other and Unallocable |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $430 |
| Totals for Government |
6 | $21,627 | $43,254 | 4 | $3,712 |
Balsam Lake government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $89,000
Solid Waste Management: $55,000
All Other: $26,000
Parks & Recreation: $1,000
- Construction - Sewerage: $453,000
General: $328,000
Regular Highways: $215,000
Parks & Recreation: $96,000
- Current Operations - Water Utilities: $144,000
Regular Highways: $141,000
Sewerage: $134,000
Solid Waste Management: $101,000
Fire Protection: $89,000
Police Protection: $72,000
Central Staff Services: $53,000
Libraries: $43,000
General Public Buildings: $31,000
Parks & Recreation: $27,000
General - Other: $21,000
Financial Administration: $11,000
Natural Resources - Other: $8,000
Health Services - Other: $4,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $2,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $33,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $32,000
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $61,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $256,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $527,000
- Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $235,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $682,000
Full Faith & Credit - Water Utilities: $13,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $225,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $80,000
Water Utilities: $18,000
- Miscellaneous - Special Assessments: $66,000
General Revenue, NEC: $49,000
Interest Earnings: $24,000
Rents: $21,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Fire Protection: $145,000
Police Protection: $21,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $558,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $81,000
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $35,000
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $92,000
All Other: $71,000
Highways: $47,000
- Tax - Property: $434,000
NEC: $84,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $265,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $15,000
6.49% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($38,121 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.49% | | Wisconsin average: | 6.06% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
6.05% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($36,277 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.05% | | Wisconsin average: | 6.22% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Balsam Lake:
- WCCO (830 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: INFINITY MEDIA CORPORATION)
- WCTS (1030 AM; 50 kW; MAPLEWOOD, MN; Owner: CNTL. BAPT. THEO/AL SEMI MINNEAPOLIS)
- KSTP (1500 AM; 50 kW; ST. PAUL, MN; Owner: KSTP-AM, LLC (DELAWARE))
- WXCE (1260 AM; 5 kW; AMERY, WI; Owner: LAKE COUNTRY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- KTIS (900 AM; 25 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE)
- WEBC (560 AM; 50 kW; DULUTH, MN)
- WDGY (630 AM; 8 kW; HUDSON, WI; Owner: 630 RADIO, INCORPORATED)
- KFAN (1130 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
- WIXK (1590 AM; daytime; 5 kW; NEW RICHMOND, WI; Owner: WIXK-AM, LLC)
- WMEQ (880 AM; 10 kW; MENOMONIE, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WAQE (1090 AM; daytime; 5 kW; RICE LAKE, WI; Owner: TKC, INC.)
- WMGT (1220 AM; 5 kW; STILLWATER, MN; Owner: ENDURANCE BROADCASTING, LLC)
- KUOM (770 AM; daytime; 5 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN)
Strongest FM radio stations in Balsam Lake:
- WXPT (104.1 FM; ST. LOUIS PARK, MN; Owner: THE AUDIO HOUSE, INC.)
- WLMX-FM (104.9 FM; BALSAM LAKE, WI; Owner: QUARNSTROM MEDIA GROUP, LLC)
- KNOW-FM (91.1 FM; MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL, MN; Owner: MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO)
- WLTE (102.9 FM; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: INFINITY MEDIA CORPORATION)
- KSTP-FM (94.5 FM; ST. PAUL, MN; Owner: KSTP-FM, LLC, A DELAWARE LLC)
- WHWC (88.3 FM; MENOMONIE, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
- KEEY-FM (102.1 FM; ST. PAUL, MN; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
- KTIS-FM (98.5 FM; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE)
- KDWB-FM (101.3 FM; RICHFIELD, MN; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
- KQRS-FM (92.5 FM; GOLDEN VALLEY, MN; Owner: KQRS, Inc.)
- KSJN (99.5 FM; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO)
- KXXR (93.7 FM; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: KQRS, INC.)
- WGMO (95.3 FM; SHELL LAKE, WI; Owner: ZOE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- KMKL (90.3 FM; NORTH BRANCH, MN; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
TV broadcast stations around Balsam Lake:
- KMSP-TV (Channel 9; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC.)
- KARE (Channel 11; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: MULTIMEDIA HOLDINGS CORPORATION)
- KSTP-TV (Channel 5; ST. PAUL, MN; Owner: HUBBARD BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KTCA-TV (Channel 2; ST. PAUL, MN; Owner: TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION, INC.)
- WCCO-TV (Channel 4; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: CBS BROADCASTING INC.)
- KTCI-TV (Channel 17; ST. PAUL, MN; Owner: TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION, INC.)
- KSTC-TV (Channel 45; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: HUBBARD BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WHWC-TV (Channel 28; MENOMONIE, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
- KMWB (Channel 23; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: KLGT LICENSEE, LLC)
- WFTC (Channel 29; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC.)
- W24CL (Channel 24; GRANTSBURG, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
Balsam Lake fatal accident list:
Oct 3, 2008 10:57 AM, Sr-46, Lat: 45.456367, Lon: -92.468672, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Pedestrians: 1, Fatalities: 1
Oct 10, 1982 10:40 AM, I, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 6, Fatalities: 4, Drunken drivers: 1
Oct 16, 1980 10:20 AM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 2, Drunken drivers: 1
Feb 16, 1979 02:45 AM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
Jun 10, 1979 06:15 AM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 2- 1.6 Km S Of The Intersection Of State Routes 46 & I, 1.1 Km S Of The Town Of, Type: Tower, Structure height: 54.9 m, Overall height: 59.4 m, Call Sign: KNKN386, Licensee ID: L00128694
Assigned Frequencies : 869.040 MHz, 824.040 MHz, 890.010 MHz, 845.010 MHz, 834.390 MHz, 879.390 MHz
Grant Date: 11/28/2000, Expiration Date: 10/01/2010, Certifier: David C Jatlow
Registrant: American Cellular, LLC - .24 Km S Of Intersec. Of "k" St. & Hwys I & 46 In Village, Call Sign: KNKN507
Assigned Frequencies : 880.020 MHz, 891.510 MHz, 835.020 MHz, 880.020 MHz, 835.020 MHz, 846.510 MHz
Grant Date: 11/09/1999, Expiration Date: 10/01/2009
Registrant: Verizon Wireless, 1120 Sanctuary Pkwy, #150 Gasa5reg, Alpharetta, GA 30009-7630, Phone: (770) 797-1070, Fax: (770) 797-2036, Email:
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 2- Karen Stoner, 60th Street, Ne 1/4 Of Ne 1/4 Of Secton 25, Polk County, Balsam Lake, Wi 54810, Type: Tower, Structure height: 57.9 m, Overall height: 60.6 m, , Licensee ID: L01155683
Registrant: Central States Tower Holdings, LLC, 323 S. Hale Street, Suite 100, Wheaton, IL 60187, Phone: (630) 221-8500 - Jerri L Janjua, Balsam Lake Site: 1211 Mallard Lane, Type: Tower, Structure height: 106.7 m, Overall height: 110.6 m
Registrant: Verizon Wireless, 1120 Sanctuary Pkwy #150 Gasareg, Alpharetta, GA 30009-7630, Phone: (770) 797-1070, Email:
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 2- .75 Mi N Of Jct Crs I & G, Call Sign: KNIQ786, Licensee ID: L00113476
Assigned Frequencies : 155.955 MHz
Grant Date: 06/02/2004, Expiration Date: 03/31/2014
Registrant: Town Of Georgetown - 1005 W. Main Street, Type: Mast, Structure height: 7 m, Overall height: 10.6 m, Call Sign: WPYF300
Assigned Frequencies : 156.015 MHz, 156.015 MHz
Grant Date: 07/30/2003, Expiration Date: 07/30/2013, Certifier: Steven B Moe
Registrant: Rassbach Communications, 2912 London Road, Eau Claire, WI 54701, Phone: (715) 832-6763, Fax: (715) 832-1698, Email:
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 2- JUSTICE CNTR, 1005 W Main St, Type: Tower, Structure height: 54.9 m, Overall height: 60.7 m, Call Sign: WQFJ971, Licensee ID: L00050419
Assigned Frequencies : 6615.00 MHz, 6595.00 MHz
Grant Date: 08/02/2006, Expiration Date: 08/02/2016, Certifier: Steven B Moe
Registrant: Polk County Sheriff\' S Department, 1005 West Main St Ste 900, Balsam, WI 54810, Phone: (715) 485-8352, Fax: (715) 485-8355, Email:
- LUCK, Lat: 45.459444 Lon: -92.464444, Call Sign: WQGP339
Assigned Frequencies : 956.256 MHz
Grant Date: 03/14/2007, Expiration Date: 03/14/2017, Certifier: Kathy Hanson
Registrant: Amco Water Metering Systems Inc, 1100 Sw 38th Ave, Ocala, FL 34474, Phone: (352) 369-6500, Fax: (352) 369-6581, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 8 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Balsam Lake)
FAA Registered Aircrafts: 1- Aircraft: CESSNA 172N (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 105 mph), Engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 116FP , Serial Number: 17271241, Year manufactured: 1978, Airworthiness Date: 08/16/1978
Registrant (Individual): Pending Registration, 1740 108th St, Balsam Lake, WI 54810
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