Adams, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Adams City. It lies in ZIP code area 53910. The Survey maps it on the Adams quadrangle. 1,761 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 965 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresAdams fell from 1,967 to 1,761 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,967 | |
| 2020 | 1,761 | -206 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Adams quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Adams quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wisconsin Dells quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Wisconsin Dells quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
213 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 213 fires within 5 miles of Adams between 1992 and 2020, burning about 196 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 26 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 |
| Debris and open burning | 42 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 39 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Adams: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Co. Hwy. Dept. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
27 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Adams in 27 storm reports between 1995 and 2016: 15 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2010 | Flood | Adams | $91,000 | County Road Z was underwater between County Road H and State Highway 82. Gem Court was underwater west of State Highway 13 and the shoreline along Castle Rock Lake was flooded near the dam. There were 8 homes and 1 business that incurred minor damage due to the flooding. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adams | $30,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down across portions of Adams County. The downed trees blocked roadways and fell on top of homes and cars. According to the emergency manager, it appears that Preston Township in the central part of the county, was hit the hardest with downed trees. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adams | $12,000 | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adams | $10,000 | Numerous trees were blown down, several on nearby homes. Power lines were also knocked down causing house fires. Railroad crossings were also blown down. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adams | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adams | $5,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down southeast of Adams. |
| August 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Adams | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adams | $4,000 | Trees were sporadically blown down across the southern part of Adams County, but the most were down across the south central part of the county. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adams | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down in Adams. |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adams | $2,500 | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adams | $2,000 | Trees were blown down south of Friendship. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adams | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adams | $1,000 | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adams | $750 | A tree was blown down on 7th Avenue south of County Road M. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Adams | $750 | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adams | $500 | Two large trees were knocked down near 10th and Edgewood St. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adams | $500 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adams | $300 | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Adams | - | Quarter sized hail fell in the town of Adams and covered the ground. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Adams | - | Quarter sized hail fell southwest of the town of Adams. |
| September 2016 | Hail | Adams | - | Quarter sized hail fell in Adams. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Adams | - | Penny to dime sized hail fell in the Adams/Friendship area. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Adams | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Adams | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Adams | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Hail | Adams | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Adams | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friendship | 1.0 miles | 10 | |
| Adams Center (historical) | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Fordham (historical) | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Arkdale | 6.1 miles | 8 | |
| Brookside | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Dellwood | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Roche a Cri (historical) | 6.8 miles | 7 | |
| Cottonville | 7.1 miles | 7 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Adams | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1570396 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1560681. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





