Cable

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Cable

Total population

207

Median home value

$116,200

20.3%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$33,333

Cable$33k

National$74k

Elevation415 m

Land area185 km²

Weather44°F · Slight Chance Drizzle

Coordinates46.20°, -91.29°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Cable is a town in Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States. Its population was 853 at the 2020 census, up from 825 at the 2010 U.S. census. The census-designated place of Cable and the unincorporated communities of Leonards and Radspur are located in the town.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Cable, WI from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Nearby places in Wisconsin

• Drummond
  10.1 mi away
• Little Round Lake
  16.4 mi away
• Gordon
  24.3 mi away
• Reserve
  26.3 mi away
• Minong
  26.4 mi away
• Solon Springs
  27.5 mi away
• Marengo
  27.7 mi away
• Couderay
  27.9 mi away
• Stone Lake
  27.9 mi away
• Radisson
  30.2 mi away
• Jolmaville
  30.5 mi away
• Mellen
  31.4 mi away

Browse all places in Wisconsin →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Cable

Institute on Lake Superior Geology, 42nd, Cable, Wisconsin, May 15-19, 1996: volume 42, part 3, field trip guidebook. edited by Suzanne W. Nicholson and Laurel G. Woodruff

Institute on Lake Superior Geology, 42nd, Cable, Wisconsin, May 15-19, 1996: proceedings, volume 42, part 1, program and abstracts. edited by Laurel G. Woodruff and Suzanne W. Nicholson

Cable communications in Wisconsin

Wisconsin. Governor's Blue Ribbon Task Force on Cable Communications. · 1972

Wisconsin

Thomas Huhti · 2011

To legalize the submarine cable laid in the St. Louis River at Spirit Lake Transfer Railway drawbridge between Minnesota and Wisconsin

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce · 1926

A report on university applications of satellite/cable technology / compiled by Lorne A. Parker, Betsy Riccomini

Annual International Communications Conference (1st 1975 Madison, Wisconsin) · 1975

Green travel guide to northern Wisconsin

Pat Dillon · 2010

Selected bibliography on telecommunications (cable systems)

William Richard Stroud · 1972

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

New York Carpenter Ant

Camponotus novaeboracensis

Seen 2026-10-05

Eastern Red-backed Salamander

Plethodon cinereus

Seen 2026-09-25

Spring Peeper

Pseudacris crucifer

Seen 2026-09-23

orange hawkweed

Pilosella aurantiaca

Seen 2026-09-19

Unisexual Mole Salamander

Ambystoma unisexual

Seen 2026-09-17

Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly

Eristalis stipator

Seen 2026-09-16

Bald-faced Hornet

Dolichovespula maculata

Seen 2026-09-16

Eastern Boxelder Bug

Boisea trivittata

Seen 2026-09-13

white suillus

Suillus placidus

Seen 2026-09-12

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).