Drinking water stations with addresses in Chetek and their reported violations in the past:
CHETEK WATERWORKS (Population served: 1931, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-2001 and SEP-2001, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (SEP-27-2001)
- 2 minor monitoring violations
- 142 regular monitoring violations
LUTHER PARK BIBLE CAMP (DINING HALL & CABINS) (Population served: 200, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Average - Between JAN-1999 and DEC-1999, Contaminant: Nitrate. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (OCT-01-2004)
- MCL, Average - Between JAN-1996 and DEC-1996, Contaminant: Nitrate-Nitrite. Follow-up actions: St No addtl Formal Action needed (SEP-19-1996), St Public Notif requested (SEP-19-1996), St Violation/Reminder Notice (SEP-19-1996), St Compliance achieved (JUL-16-2002)
Past monitoring violations:
- One routine major monitoring violation
- One regular monitoring violation
NORTHWOODS BREW PUB & GRILL (Population served: 200, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- One routine major monitoring violation
- One regular monitoring violation
LUTHER PARK BIBLE CAMP (POOL & CABINS) (Population served: 60, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- One routine major monitoring violation
- One regular monitoring violation
NORTHLAND RESORT (Population served: 50, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Average - Between JAN-1997 and DEC-1997, Contaminant: Nitrate-Nitrite. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JUL-01-1997), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JUL-01-1997), St No addtl Formal Action needed (MAR-01-1998), St Compliance achieved (SEP-30-2000)
Past monitoring violations:
- One regular monitoring violation
NARROWS, THE (Population served: 26, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- One regular monitoring violation
LURED IN LODGE (Population served: 25, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- PN Violation for NPDWR Violation - Between JUN-2004 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice. Follow-up actions: St Other (AUG-31-2005)
- 3 routine major monitoring violations
- 3 regular monitoring violations
LAKEVIEW RESORT (Population served: 25, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In MAY-2003, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Boil Water Order (JUL-03-2003), St Public Notif requested (JUL-03-2003), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JUL-03-2003), St Compliance achieved (JUL-10-2003), St Public Notif received (SEP-11-2003), St Public Notif issued (SEP-11-2003)
Past monitoring violations:
- PN Violation for NPDWR Violation - Between AUG-2004 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice. Follow-up actions: St Other (OCT-24-2005)
- PN Violation for NPDWR Violation - Between OCT-2003 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice. Follow-up actions: St Other (JUN-01-2005)
- PN Violation for NPDWR Violation - Between JUL-02-2003 and SEP-11-2003, Contaminant: Public Notice. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (AUG-18-2003), St Compliance achieved (SEP-11-2003)
- 4 routine major monitoring violations
- 4 regular monitoring violations
Drinking water stations with addresses in Chetek that have no violations reported:
- LAKESHORE RESORT (Population served: 60, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- LOTTS LANDING RESIDENCE (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- LOTTS LANDING (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- MORNING SUN RESORT 1 (HOUSE & CABINS) (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- LAKESHORE RESORT - CABINS, CMPGD (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- MORNING SUN RESORT 2 (FISH HOUSE & CABIN) (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- PINE ACRES RESORT & CAMPGROUND (Serves MN, Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- PONDEROSA BAR (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
Average household size:
| This city: | 2.2 people | | Wisconsin: | 2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This city: | 60.5% | | Whole state: | 66.5% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This city: | 6.6% | | Whole state: | 5.7% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This city: | 12.4% | | Whole state: | 8.7% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This city: | 4.0% | | Whole state: | 3.7% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Chetek, WI
95 people in nursing homes
10 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Chetek compared to Wisconsin state average:
- Median house value below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in 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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Banks with branches in Chetek (2009 data):
- Sterling Bank: Chetek Branch at 427 Second Street, branch established on 1941-12-06. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $161.6 mil, Deposits: $144.6 mil, headquarters in Barron, WI, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 4 total offices, Holding Company: Northwest Wisconsin Bancorp, Inc.
- First National Bank: 621 Second Street Branch at 621 Second Street, branch established on 1934-12-01. Info updated 2008-01-22: Bank assets: $696.8 mil, Deposits: $585.5 mil, headquarters in Waupaca, WI, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 11 total offices, Holding Company: Waupaca Bancorporation, Inc.
School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Barron County Wisconsin:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Utility gas (68%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Other fuel (1%)
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Religon statistics for Chetek
| Name | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Catholic Church | Lutheran Church | United Methodist Church | The Wesleyan Church |
| Adherents | 33.2% | 31.4% | 9.2% | 7.7% | 3.2% |
| Congregations | 21.3% | 11.3% | 10.0% | 10.0% | 2.5% |
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| Name | Mennonite Church of God in Christ | Presbyterian Church (USA) | New Testament Association Independent Baptist Churches/Other Fundamental Baptists | Assemblies of God | Other religions |
| Adherents | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.2% | 9.5% |
| Congregations | 3.8% | 1.3% | 3.8% | 3.8% | 32.5% |
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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 |
| Financial Administration |
4 | $17,083 | $51,249 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
0 | $0 | | 5 | $1,834 |
| Judicial and Legal |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $375 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
5 | $20,194 | $48,466 | 2 | $3,182 |
| Streets and Highways |
5 | $22,049 | $52,918 | 0 | $0 |
| Welfare |
47 | $137,407 | $35,083 | 106 | $122,702 |
| Solid Waste Management |
2 | $7,204 | $43,224 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
1 | $4,202 | $50,424 | 0 | $0 |
| Local Libraries |
1 | $1,594 | $19,128 | 4 | $1,966 |
| Other and Unallocable |
1 | $1,714 | $20,568 | 1 | $1,335 |
| Totals for Government |
66 | $211,447 | $38,445 | 119 | $131,394 |
Chetek government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Air Transportation: $4,000
- Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $361,000
- Charges - All Other: $3,635,000
Sewerage: $223,000
Solid Waste Management: $204,000
Parks & Recreation: $7,000
Regular Highways: $6,000
Miscellaneous Commercial Activities: $2,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $144,000
General: $27,000
Parks & Recreation: $7,000
Air Transportation: $5,000
General Public Buildings: $1,000
- Current Operations - Welfare - Other: $3,587,000
Police Protection: $385,000
Housing & Community Development: $292,000
Regular Highways: $291,000
Sewerage: $282,000
Solid Waste Management: $180,000
Water Utilities: $160,000
Central Staff Services: $138,000
Parks & Recreation: $112,000
General - Other: $104,000
Fire Protection: $82,000
Financial Administration: $56,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $54,000
Libraries: $38,000
Health Services - Other: $19,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $12,000
General Public Buildings: $12,000
Air Transportation: $9,000
Miscellaneous Commercial Activities, NEC: $1,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $208,000
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Solid Waste Management: $77,000
General: $77,000
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $51,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $872,000
Industrial Revenue: $742,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $2,594,000
- Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $45,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $1,506,000
Full Faith & Credit - Water Utilities: $119,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $975,000
Water Utilities: $725,000
Industrial Revenue: $711,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $31,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $158,000
Water Utilities: $28,000
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $251,000
General Revenue, NEC: $190,000
Rents: $41,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Fire Protection: $20,000
Central Staff: $18,000
Police Protection: $9,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $2,526,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $125,000
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $865,000
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $500,000
Housing & Community Development: $218,000
Highways: $120,000
All Other: $21,000
- Tax - Property: $756,000
NEC: $28,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $3,172,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $52,000
5.63% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($33,452 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.63% | | 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:
5.88% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($32,839 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.88% | | 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 Chetek:
- WAQE (1090 AM; daytime; 5 kW; RICE LAKE, WI; Owner: TKC, INC.)
- WCTS (1030 AM; 50 kW; MAPLEWOOD, MN; Owner: CNTL. BAPT. THEO/AL SEMI MINNEAPOLIS)
- WMEQ (880 AM; 10 kW; MENOMONIE, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WEBC (560 AM; 50 kW; DULUTH, MN)
- WCCO (830 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: INFINITY MEDIA CORPORATION)
- KSTP (1500 AM; 50 kW; ST. PAUL, MN; Owner: KSTP-AM, LLC (DELAWARE))
- KTIS (900 AM; 25 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE)
- WAYY (790 AM; 5 kW; EAU CLAIRE, WI; Owner: MAVERICK MEDIA OF EAU CLAIRE LICENSE LLC)
- KFAN (1130 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
- WEAQ (1150 AM; 5 kW; CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI; Owner: MAVERICK MEDIA OF EAU CLAIRE LICENSE LLC)
- WDGY (630 AM; 8 kW; HUDSON, WI; Owner: 630 RADIO, INCORPORATED)
- WJMC (1240 AM; 1 kW; RICE LAKE, WI; Owner: TKC, INC.)
- WSPT (1010 AM; 50 kW; STEVENS POINT, WI)
Strongest FM radio stations in Chetek:
- WATQ (106.7 FM; CHETEK, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WHWC (88.3 FM; MENOMONIE, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
- WMEQ-FM (92.1 FM; MENOMONIE, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WJMC-FM (96.1 FM; RICE LAKE, WI; Owner: TKC, INC.)
- WKFX (97.7 FM; RICE LAKE, WI; Owner: TKC, INC.)
- WWIB (103.7 FM; HALLIE, WI; Owner: STEWARDS OF SOUND, INC.)
- WAQE-FM (97.7 FM; BARRON, WI; Owner: TKC, INC.)
- WAXX (104.5 FM; EAU CLAIRE, WI; Owner: MAVERICK MEDIA OF EAU CLAIRE LICENSE LLC)
- WDRK (99.9 FM; CORNELL, WI; Owner: MAVERICK MEDIA OF EAU CLAIRE LICENSE LLC)
- WQRB (95.1 FM; BLOOMER, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WGMO (95.3 FM; SHELL LAKE, WI; Owner: ZOE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Chetek:
- WHWC-TV (Channel 28; MENOMONIE, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
- WEAU-TV (Channel 13; EAU CLAIRE, WI; Owner: WEAU LICENSEE CORP.)
- WQOW-TV (Channel 18; EAU CLAIRE, WI; Owner: WXOW-WQOW TELEVISION, INC.)
- WEUX (Channel 48; CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI; Owner: GRANT MEDIA INC.)
Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2007 (per 100,000 population)
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Chetek, Wisconsin:
- Fatal accident count: 9
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 11
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 5
- Fatalities: 10
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 16
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 0
Wisconsin average:
- Fatal accident count: 77
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 114
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 33
- Fatalities: 83
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 191
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 10
See more detailed statistics of Chetek fatal accidents for 1975 - 2007 here
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 3
Total length: 31 meters (102ft)
Total costs: $763,000
Total average daily traffic: 16,620
Total future (year 2025) average daily traffic: 16,620
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 1- Canton Cell Site 279213 1/2 Avenue, Type: Tower, Structure height: 100.6 m, Overall height: 106.4 m, Call Sign: KNKN507
Assigned Frequencies : 880.020 MHz, 835.020 MHz, 891.510 MHz, 846.510 MHz, 835.020 MHz, 880.020 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: 5- Lisa M Minney, 2310 7 1/2 Ave, Type: Tower, Structure height: 76.2 m, Overall height: 79.2 m
Registrant: Crown Castle Usa, 2000 Corporate Drive, Canonsburg, PA 15317, Phone: (336) 643-2524, Email:
- Edward G Roach, Sw 1/4 Of The Se 1/4, Section 18, Barron County, Wi, Type: Tower, Structure height: 53.3 m, Overall height: 55.7 m
Registrant: Sba Towers Ii LLC, 5900 Broken Sound Pkwy Nw, Boca Raton, FL 33487, Phone: (561) 995-7670, Email:
- Rick Vergin, 3/4 Mile N. Of Cth D On 22 Street, Se-Ne Sec. 22, Type: Tower, Structure height: 84.7 m, Overall height: 84.7 m
Registrant: Wireless Applications Corporation, 111 108th Ave Ne, Suite 160, Bellevue, WA 98004, Phone: (425) 643-5000, Email:
- Alexis C Anderten, On Knapp St .6 Mi W, Type: Tower, Structure height: 91.4 m, Overall height: 92.9 m
Registrant: Charter Communications, Inc., 12405 Powerscourt Drive, St. Louis, MO 63131, Phone: (314) 543-2574, Email:
- Vicki Schultheis, Chetek Cell Site, Type: Tower, Structure height: 45.7 m, Overall height: 45.7 m
Registrant: Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, 3000 K St. N.W., Suite 300, Washington, DC 20007, Phone: (202) 424-7673, Email:
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 1- Hwy 53 At Hwy I, Type: Tower, Structure height: 9 m, Call Sign: KNNQ865
Assigned Frequencies : 453.600 MHz Grant Date: 03/29/1996, Expiration Date: 03/29/2001, Cancelation Date: 02/09/2001, Certifier: Diane Miller
Registrant: Wisconsin State Patrol Bureau Of Communi, Madison, WI 53707-7912, Fax: (608) 267-4495
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 2- Various Locations, Overall height: 6.1 m, Call Sign: WPOQ712
Assigned Frequencies : 956.418 MHz Grant Date: 08/15/2008, Expiration Date: 11/09/2018
Registrant: Business Radio Licensing, 26941 Cabot Rd #134, Laguna Hills, CA 92653, Phone: (949) 348-8510, Fax: (949) 348-8514, Email:
- CHETEK, 601 Ridgeway Street Water Tank, Type: Tank, Structure height: 23 m, Overall height: 28.9 m, Call Sign: WQJV804
Assigned Frequencies : 954.350 MHz Grant Date: 01/15/2009, Expiration Date: 01/15/2019, Certifier: Gay Radosevich
Registrant: Gj Therkelsen And Associates, 11635 Raspberry Hill Road, Eden Prairie, MN 55344, Phone: (952) 946-1839, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 35 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Chetek)
FAA Registered Aircraft Manufacturers and Dealers: 1 (See the full list of FAA Registered Manufacturers and Dealers in Chetek)
FAA Registered Aircrafts: 43 (See the full list of FAA Registered Aircrafts)
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:- Fire: 25
- Hazardous Condition: 15
See Full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Statistics for Chetek, WI
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