Boaz, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Dayton town. It lies in ZIP code area 53581. It lies near Core Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Boaz quadrangle. 129 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 751 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBoaz fell from 156 to 129 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 | 156 | |
| 2020 | 129 | -27 (-17%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1933 USGS Boaz quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Boaz quadrangle1:62500
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Boaz quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Richland Center quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
54 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Boaz between 1992 and 2019, burning about 128 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | COUNTY Q |
| 8 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BASSWOOD ROAD |
| 8 June 1999 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 June 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | DAYTON RIDGE |
| 6 May 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 1992 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | CO E. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Boaz: 3 producers, 3 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akan Township Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Ewing Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Huth Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Motts Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Muldowney Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Shannon Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boaz in 7 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boaz | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Boaz | - | Law enforcement reported quarter sized hail in Boaz. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Boaz | - | A severe thunderstorm produced hail ranging in size from a quarter up to golf ball as it tracked across central Richland County northwest of Richland Center. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Boaz | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Boaz | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Boaz | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boaz | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashford (historical) | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Five Points | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Mill Creek (historical) | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Wild Rose | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Basswood | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| McGrew (historical) | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Bosstown | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Jimtown | 6.2 miles | 10 |
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 Boaz | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1816430 | 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 1561987. 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.







