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Arcadia, Wisconsin

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Arcadia town. It lies in ZIP code area 54612. It stands on Turton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Swinns Valley quadrangle. 3,737 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Arcadia within Trempealeau County

On record in Arcadia

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Arcadia grew from 2,925 to 3,737 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,925
20203,737+812 (+28%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

1 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Arcadia in 2019, burning under an acre in total. None started naturally. None was 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 burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 May 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2019000

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Trempealeau County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 40 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Arcadia: 23 past producers, 15 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Kolstad QuarryStoneUnknown
Keller Creek Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lewis Valley Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Rotering Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Schank Sand Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Schank Sand Deposit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Sobotta Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Allen Dorn Dolomite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Arcadia Shale DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
B Kolstad Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Trempealeau County

Storms near this place

42 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arcadia in 42 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 17 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 5 flood, 2 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2010FloodArcadia1 hurt, $7,640Widespread flooding occurred in Arcadia as water from Turton Creek and Meyers Valley Creek over-topped their banks and flowed into town. Water from Turton Creek flowed down Main Street, while water from Meyers Valley Creek bypassed a small bridge and flowed into the town. There were 343 homes evacuated. More than 100 people needed help from emergency responders, who used heavy machinery and boats, to evacuate from their homes. Many vehicles were stranded, and some road damage occurred. Turton Creek washed away a 100-foot section of North Oak Street. Many homes and several businesses sustained damage, some of which incurred major damage. The rainfall amounted to 5.35 inches in Arcadia as of 4:15 a.m. CST on the 23rd, while it continued to rain through the day on the 23rd with a total of 6.92 inches.
September 2010FloodArcadia$1,500,000Numerous roads were washed out between Blair, Whitehall, and Arcadia. A railway line was also underwater in several locations.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindArcadia$950,000no account filed
June 2017HailArcadia$700,000Half dollar to tennis ball sized hail was reported in Arcadia. Several windshields were smashed by the hail.
March 2019FloodArcadia$270,000Runoff from melting snow caused flooding to occur along most streams in Trempealeau County. One home collapsed in the Town of Arcadia from the flooding and numerous county and town roads were closed. State Highways 93 and 95 were reduced to one lane. In Dodge, 12 homes were evacuated due to ice jam flooding along the Trempealeau River. Around 30 homes and businesses sustained minor to major damage and another 45 were affected by the flooding.
August 2010Flash FloodArcadia$257,400Many roads were underwater, while there were also several mudslides reported across the northern part of the county. Driveways and culverts were washed out in the towns of Chimney Rock, Hale, Burnside and Arcadia, while a bridge at Burnside was also washed out. Also, Huskeohs Road was washed out, the Lindberg bridge in Blair was underwater, and Highway 53/121 from Pigeon Falls to the Jackson County line was closed. Roads underwater continued to impact these areas through 8:00 a.m. CST on Sunday, August 15th.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindArcadia$30,000In Arcadia, winds were estimated to be around 60 mph. Numerous trees were blown down across the city, several light poles were blown down, semi trailers were flipped over and a mobile home was blown off its foundation.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindArcadia$25,000Several mobile homes and trees were damaged in Arcadia.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindArcadia$18,000no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindArcadia$17,000no account filed
September 2000HailArcadia$6,000no account filed
August 2019Thunderstorm WindArcadia$4,000Trees were blown down near and in Arcadia.
September 2016FloodArcadia$4,000Flooding along Beaver Creek created a washout on County Highways T and TT southwest of Ettrick. Another washout occurred east of Ettrick on County Highways D and DD from flooding along the South Branch of Beaver Creek. Some rural township roads were also closed because of flooding. Some street flooding occurred in Arcadia and other small creeks were out of their banks near Ettrick. 2.43 inches of rain was reported in Arcadia and 4.31 inches of rain fell in Ettrick.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindArcadia$3,000Several trees were blown down southwest of Arcadia.
June 2020Flash FloodArcadia$2,000Heavy rains from Tropical Depression Cristobal caused some flash flooding to occur in Arcadia. High water covered some city streets.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindArcadia$2,000An estimated 60 mph wind gust blew down trees in Arcadia.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindArcadia$2,000Trees were blown down south of Arcadia.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindArcadia$2,000Trees were blown down in Arcadia.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindArcadia$2,000Several trees were blown down in Arcadia.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindArcadia$1,000no account filed
September 2000HailArcadia$750no account filed
May 2025HailArcadia-The public reported quarter sized hail in Arcadia.
October 2023Heavy RainArcadia-A volunteer observer reported 3.45 inches of storm total rainfall near Arcadia.
May 2021FloodArcadia-Street flooding occurred in Arcadia. Radar estimates indicated that around 2 inches of rain fell in in less than an hour.
June 2021HailArcadia-Quarter sized hail fell south of Arcadia.
June 2017HailArcadia-Quarter sized hail fell in Arcadia.
July 2017Heavy RainArcadia-In Arcadia, 7.44 inches of rain fell.
June 2015HailArcadia-Walnut sized hail was reported in Arcadia.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindArcadia-Law enforcement estimated a 60 miles per hour wind gust two miles west of Arcadia.
April 2011HailArcadia-no account filed
April 2011HailArcadia-no account filed
August 2008HailArcadia-no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindArcadia-no account filed
June 2004HailArcadia-no account filed
May 2002Tornado (F0)Arcadia-no account filed
June 2001HailArcadia-no account filed
September 2000HailArcadia-no account filed
June 1998HailArcadia-no account filed
May 1998HailArcadia-no account filed
June 1998HailArcadia-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindArcadia-no account filed
July 1995HailArcadia-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Trempealeau County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Dewey Corners1.5 miles12
North Creek3.9 miles12
Cortland (historical)4.4 miles16
Williamsburg (historical)4.7 miles12
Tamarack6.1 miles11
New City (historical)7.4 miles12
Pine Creek8.3 miles16
Independence8.4 miles12

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 ArcadiaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1570504The 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 1560926. 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.