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Arlington, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Arlington Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53911. The Survey maps it on the Arlington quadrangle. 844 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,073 feet above sea level.

Arlington within Columbia County

Population over time

2 figures

Arlington grew from 819 to 844 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
2010819
2020844+25 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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.

In the county-history sources

9,664 words on this township

The History of Columbia County, Wisconsin, Containing an Account of Its Settlement .., published 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Arlington Village covers the township.

Read the chapter on Arlington Village - 9,664 words.

Fires near this place

97 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Arlington between 1992 and 2020, burning about 88 acres in total. 2 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
Equipment and vehicle use32
Debris and open burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Arson/incendiarism5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Other causes3
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural2
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
29 August 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesBABYDOLL FIRE
20 August 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use2.8 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesLOVELAND BOBCAT
7 July 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 July 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesKLEINERT ROAD
4 July 2003Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 July 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 July 2002Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Arlington: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Kelton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Poynette QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Stevenson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Columbia County

Storms near this place

19 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arlington in 19 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 8 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 funnel cloud, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 1998Flash FloodArlington$20,000no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindArlington$3,000A tree with a diameter around 12 inches snapped at its base. Several large tree limbs down.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindArlington$1,000A large tree split in half.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindArlington$1,000Some tree damage.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindArlington$1,000no account filed
April 2023HailArlington-Nickel to quarter size hail.
June 2013Tornado (EF1)Arlington-A weak rain-wrapped tornado spun up 2.17 miles north-northeast of Arlington northwest of the intersection of Krier Rd. and Thiele Ed and moved northeast for about 3.5 miles before dissipating midway between King Road and Mud Lake just southwest of Mud Lake. The ending location would be 4 miles east of Poynette. This tornado crossed STH 22 at the intersection of Loveland Road and then curved more north-northeast and tracked about 300 yards just east of the intersection of STH 22 and CTH CS. Several outbuildings were damaged and a 3000 lb farm implement was tossed about 500 feet. Due to wet soils, two power-poles were partially tipped over. A couple vehicles were damaged and other farm equipment scattered around. One home sustained minor siding and roof shingle damage. Otherwise, the usual tree damage occurred and a couple trees were uprooted. The corn crop was only a few inches in height but some stalks were broken off at ground level. Tree damage was consistent with DI 27 Hardwood Trees (TH) and DOD3 which suggests wind speeds of 90 to 95 mph. The path length was about 3.7 miles and maximum width was 125 yards. The average width was about 50 yards.
June 2011HailArlington-no account filed
May 2006HailArlington-no account filed
June 2006Funnel CloudArlington-no account filed
July 2005HailArlington-no account filed
May 2004Funnel CloudArlington-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindArlington-no account filed
May 2003HailArlington-no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindArlington-no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindArlington-no account filed
September 1998HailArlington-no account filed
June 1995HailArlington-no account filed
April 1994Thunderstorm WindArlington-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Columbia 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
North Leeds2.9 miles12
Leeds3.5 miles12
Poynette3.8 miles13
Lowville4.2 miles12
Leeds Center5.0 miles12
Keyeser7.2 miles12
Lodi7.9 miles22
Harmony Grove9.3 miles22

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 ArlingtonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q925550The 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 1560939. 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.