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About public records in Washburn County
County profile
Washburn County at a glance
- State
- Wisconsin
- County seat
- Shell Lake
- Population
- 16,623
- Area
- 853 sq mi
- Founded
- 1883
- Cities and towns
- 7
Washburn County offices and records
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Washburn County Sheriff's Office is responsible for law enforcement in the unincorporated areas of Washburn County.
Police Departments. Law enforcement in Washburn County is provided by Washburn County Sheriff's Office and several municipal police departments. They coordinate with the Sheriff's Office on major crimes and emergencies, making sure of full coverage and response throughout Washburn County.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Washburn County Sheriff's Office, headquartered at 10 Fourth Avenue in Shell Lake, Wisconsin 54871, is the primary law enforcement agency for Washburn County. Wisconsin's public records law, specifically Wisconsin Statutes § 19.31-19.39, governs access to arrest records and booking information. Citizens can submit written public records requests to the Sheriff's Office for arrest reports, incident logs, and booking records, though certain information may be redacted to protect ongoing investigations or privacy interests. Washburn County does not have tribal law enforcement agencies within its boundaries, and all law enforcement coordination occurs between the Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments. Response times and service areas are coordinated to ensure full coverage across Washburn County's 813 square miles of diverse terrain.
Arrest Records. Arrest records in Washburn County are maintained by Washburn County Sheriff's Office. Residents and attorneys can request arrest records by contacting the Sheriff's Office directly, following the procedures outlined under the Wisconsin Open Records Law.
Mugshots & Booking Photos. Mugshots in Washburn County are taken and retained by Washburn County Sheriff's Office as part of the booking process. These booking photos are considered public records and can be accessed through the Sheriff's Office.
To search for someone recently arrested in Washburn County, Wisconsin, you can contact the Washburn County Jail, located at 421 US Highway 63, Shell Lake, WI 54871. The jail maintains an inmate lookup process that can be accessed by calling their main line at (715) 468-4720.
Abandoned mine records
Old mine workings in Washburn County
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
What is on record in Washburn County
- Old mine sites
- 102
- Sites with no status in the records
- 1
- Past producers, now closed
- 27
- Prospects and occurrences, never worked
- 75
- Producing when recorded
- 7
- Worked underground, in the mine records
- 1
- Main minerals
- construction sand and gravel; Clay; Sand and Gravel, Construction
- Holes drawn on the old survey maps
- 42
- Shafts and tunnels
- 0
- What they are
- gravel pit, sand pit
- Maps surveyed
- 1971 to 1982
- Sources
- USGS mineral file and USGS topographic mine features
Is an old working under a property here?
The mine records hold 110 mine sites inside the county: 27 past producers, now closed, 75 prospects or occurrences that were never worked, 7 sites producing when the record was made, 1 site with no status in the record; the old survey maps add 42 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are construction sand and gravel; Clay; Sand and Gravel, Construction.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area. Wisconsin has no coal AML program; the old lead and zinc workings are in the southwest counties.
Wisconsin mine map and abandoned mine records
Named workings recorded in Washburn County (110 shown, 42 unnamed on the map)
- Eric Hinkfuss Clay DepositClay; Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- MudgeCopper | Unknown
- A. A. Pinter Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Carl & June Clark Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Carl Benson Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Chauncey Jacobsen Gravel Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Chauncey Jacobsen Gravel Deposit #2Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Chittamo Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Chittamo Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Clark's PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Surface
- County Trunk M PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Surface
- Crystall Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Dock Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Don. & Lois Masterjohn Sand DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Dorothy Ryland Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Douglas M. Strunk Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Edward Stueckler Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Elmer Weideman Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Ernest Zieroth Jr. Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Eugene & Ann Wentzel Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Eugene & Ann Wentzel Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Eugene R. Kasten Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Frank Gruenhagen Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Fred & Lucille Bohne Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Frog Creek Sand DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- G. M. Thompson Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Genard Amundson Sand Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Genard Amundson Sand Deposit #2Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- George V. Greenfield Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Gerald Campbell Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Gordon Krantz Sand DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Hannah Doyne Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Harry & Gladys Dawn Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Haugen PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Surface
- Helen Schenk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Johana C. Davis Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- John Furchtenicht Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- John Gurrner Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Joseph Andrea Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Joseph J. Lalich Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Karl Lemke Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Krumviede PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Surface
- Larry Nelson Sand DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Lavern Graham Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Leroy Bassett Sand DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Little Stone Lake Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Marguerite Frey Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Martinson PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Surface
- Minong Depot Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Minong Gravel Pit #2Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Morales & Londry Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Morris & V. Anderson Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Mud Lake Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Namekagon River Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Namekagon River Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Nekoosa Edwards Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Norman & Mary Skille Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Norman Schnagl Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Orville Crotteau Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Osterman Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- P. & R. Clark Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Paffell PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Potato Lake Inv. Co. Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Ralph Mortier Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Robert Link Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Roberta Kending Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- S. Lombard Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Severson Lake Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Shallow Lake Sand DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Shell Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Shell Lake Sand Pit #1Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Shell Lake Sand Pit #2Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Spooner Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Spooner PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Surface
- State of Wisconsin Sand PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Underground
- Sugar Bush Lake Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- T. W. Smith Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Tony Roeser Sand DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Veronica Drost Sand DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Waggoner Brothers Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Washburn County Gravel Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Washburn County Gravel Deposit #2Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Washburn County Gravel Deposit #3Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Washburn County Gravel Deposit #4Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Washburn County Gravel Deposit #5Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Washburn County Gravel Deposit #6Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Washburn County Gravel Deposit #7Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Washburn County Gravel Deposit #8Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Washburn County Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Washburn County Gravel Pit #2Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Washburn County Gravel Pit #3Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Washburn County Gravel Pit #4Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Washburn County Gravel Pit #5Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Washburn County Gravel Pit #6Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Washburn County Gravel Pit #7Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Washburn County Sand Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Washburn County Sand Deposit #2Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Washburn County Sand Deposit #3Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Washburn County Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Surface
- Wesenberg Spring Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Wesenberg Spring Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Whalen Lake Gravel Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Whalen Lake Gravel Deposit #2Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Wilbur Mattson Gravel Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Wilbur Mattson Gravel Deposit #2Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Wilfred Link Gravel Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Wilfred Link Gravel Deposit #2Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Wiliam Nehls Sand DepositSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Wisconsin State Gravel Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Wisconsin State Gravel Deposit #2Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
Wisconsin abandoned mine maps ranks every county and town in the state by the workings recorded inside it, names the office that holds the mine maps, and says what to do if the ground moves.
Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.
Labor Department file
Wage and hour cases in Washburn County
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 6 investigations in Washburn County since fiscal 2005 and recorded $27,103 in back wages agreed for 25 workers. The county is the one the Census Bureau puts each employer's ZIP code in. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment.
- Investigations closed
- 6
- Back wages agreed
- $27,103
- Workers due back wages
- 25
- Civil money penalties
- $9,667
- Employers on the record
- 6
| Employer | City | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bethany Lutheran College, Inc. | Trego | 1 | $14,207 | 18 |
| Link Auto and RV, LLC | Minong | 1 | $8,076 | 1 |
| Link Stop, Inc. | Minong | 1 | $4,381 | 2 |
| The Island of Happy Days Properties, Inc. | Birchwood | 1 | $438 | 4 |
| Jack of Diamonds | Trego | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Courtesy of Baldwin, LLC | Spooner | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer on the Washburn County record, by back wages agreed; 3 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The Wisconsin wage theft records page ranks the whole state.
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Where can I find mugshots or booking photos in Washburn County, Wisconsin?
Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Washburn County Sheriff's Office or a city police department in Washburn County. Ask that agency for its record.
How do I get a criminal background check in Washburn County, Wisconsin?
The Wisconsin criminal history record comes from the Wisconsin Department of Justice, Crime Information Bureau. Anyone may pay a fee and request adult criminal history record information by name online through the Wisconsin Online Record Check System (WORCS).
How can I look up sex offenders in Washburn County, Wisconsin?
Search the Wisconsin Department of Corrections Sex Offender Registry, or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.
How do I register to vote in Washburn County, Wisconsin?
Register with the municipal clerk (city, village or town clerk) or through the Wisconsin Elections Commission. You can also register online with the state online registration. Online and mail registration closes 20 days before the election; you can register in person at the municipal clerk's office until the Friday before the election at 5:00 p.m. or close of business, and at the polls on Election Day with a proof of residence document.
How do I look up property records in Washburn County, Wisconsin?
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Washburn County are kept by the Washburn County register of deeds. Property values are set by the municipal assessor, and tax bills come from the town, village or city treasurer. Source: official state page.
How do I get a birth or death certificate in Washburn County, Wisconsin?
Certified birth and death certificates for Wisconsin come from the Wisconsin Vital Records Office, Department of Health Services. Birth, marriage, death and divorce records are also available through Wisconsin county Register of Deeds offices, and birth and death records through the Milwaukee City Health Office and the Southwest Suburban Health Department (Cities of West Allis and Greenfield). By U.S. mail to PO Box 309, Madison, WI 53701, or online or by phone through VitalChek at 877-885-2981. Fee: $20 for the first copy of each record and $3 for each additional copy of the same record.
How do I find business license records in Washburn County, Wisconsin?
Business entity filings are searched with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions.
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