Alma Center, Wisconsin
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Alma Center Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54611. It stands on Hayden Creek. The Survey maps it on the Alma Center quadrangle. 487 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 981 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresAlma Center fell from 503 to 487 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 | 503 | |
| 2020 | 487 | -16 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1924 USGS Black River Falls quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1926 USGS Black River Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Black River Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1984 USGS Alma Center quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Black River Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
71 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Alma Center between 1992 and 2020, burning about 158 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | DUNLAP RD. |
| 20 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | AVON RD FIRE |
| 17 July 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 July 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
25 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alma Center in 25 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 2 flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2006 | Hail | Alma Center | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alma Center | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Alma Center | $5,000 | County Dispatch reported water flowing over County Road F between Black River Falls and Alma Center with the roadway washed out in spots. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alma Center | $5,000 | Trees were blown down in unspecified locations, mainly across the northwest part of the county. |
| June 2014 | Flood | Alma Center | $5,000 | Runoff from heavy rain caused water to go over East Casper Road north of Black River Falls. The road remained closed after the flood waters receded due to damage caused by the water. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alma Center | $5,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down in Alma Center. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alma Center | $5,000 | Many trees and power lines were blown down in the central part of the county, which included the cities of Alma Center, Merrillan and Black River Falls. The damage caused power outages to towns and rural areas. |
| October 2006 | Hail | Alma Center | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alma Center | $2,000 | Trees were blown down in Alma Center. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alma Center | $2,000 | Trees were blown down southeast of Alma Center. |
| September 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alma Center | $2,000 | Trees were blown down along old Highway 95 between Merrillan and Alma Center. |
| September 2005 | Hail | Alma Center | $500 | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alma Center | $200 | A few trees were blown down across State Highway 95 just east of Alma Center. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Alma Center | - | The public reported quarter sized hail 1 mile northeast of Alma Center. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Alma Center | - | The public reported 0.75 inch hail in Alma Center. Report was relayed via mPING. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alma Center | - | The public reported tree damage 4 miles south of Alma Center. |
| April 2013 | Flood | Alma Center | - | The bridge for County Highway F in Alma Center had water on it from the South Fork Halls Creek. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Alma Center | - | Law Enforcement officials reported dime to penny size hail in Alma Center, Black River Falls, and Merrillan. |
| July 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Alma Center | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Alma Center | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Alma Center | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Alma Center | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alma Center | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alma Center | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alma Center | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merrillan | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| North Branch | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Wrightsville (historical) | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Hixton | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Sechlerville | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| Hatfield | 9.7 miles | 11 | |
| Northfield | 10.1 miles | 13 | |
| Black River Falls | 10.3 miles | 13 |
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 Alma Center | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2669803 | 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 1560797. 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.
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.







