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Cambria, Wisconsin

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Cambria Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53923. The Survey maps it on the Randolph quadrangle. 777 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 915 feet above sea level.

Cambria within Columbia County

Population over time

2 figures

Cambria grew from 767 to 777 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
2010767
2020777+10 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

26,527 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 Cambria Village covers the township.

Read the chapter on Cambria Village - 26,527 words.

Fires near this place

114 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Cambria between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,043 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 burning46
Equipment and vehicle use35
Arson/incendiarism11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes1

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
12 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesTHE MAGAZINE FIRE
18 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.6 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 June 1995Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 June 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 June 2006Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 May 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesRAINY NIGHT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cambria: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cupery PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kruchten PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Columbia County

Storms near this place

23 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cambria in 23 storm reports between 1995 and 2020: 10 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 3 tornado. 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
June 2004Flash FloodCambria$1,000,000no account filed
July 2010Tornado (EF1)Cambria$100,000An EF1 tornado developed about 2.5 miles southwest of Cambria, about 0.25 miles northeast of the intersection of Old B Road and Welsh Prairie Road, and moved east-northeast to around 2.1 miles east-southeast of Cambria, ending near Fordeg Road just north of Cemetery Road. The tornado moved across a farm where it collapsed the walls of a barn, ripped the fabric off of a shed, moved a fertilizer spreader 300 to 400 feet and pushed a shed door 6 inches. Additionally, 15 acres of corn and 5 acres of wheat were flattened, and numerous trees were uprooted or had branches snapped off. The average path width was 40 yards. The EF1 estimated wind speed of 90 to 95 mph was based on DI 1(SBO) DOD6. The exact start location is Lat 43.52061 Lon -89.14369. The exact end location is Lat 43.53732 Lon -89.06274.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindCambria$50,000Powerful thunderstorm wind gusts to 56 knots (65 mph) toppled many trees and damaged several power-lines.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindCambria$10,000A one foot diameter tree fell onto a house, damaging the roof and attic.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindCambria$5,000Thunderstorm wind gusts flattened a corn field. Also, several large trees were blown down.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindCambria$3,000Some trees down in Cambria and surrounding area.
October 2019Flash FloodCambria$2,000Bumper deep water flowing over highway H due to the flash flooding of Sand Spring Creek.
July 2009HailCambria-A trained weather spotter reported hail estimated at 0.88 inch in diameter in the Village of Cambria.
July 2009HailCambria-Police officials estimated hail up to 1 inch in diameter fell in a 1/2 mile wide swath from one mile north of Cambria near State Highway 33 to the Village of Cambria.
June 2008Tornado (EF0)Cambria-This tornado affected only agricultural land and resulted in crop and tree damage as it moved east. This tornado spun up on a creek just northeast of the intersection of Vaugn Road and Engleheart Road, and dissipated about 1/4 mile east of the intersection of STH 33 and Dillman Road. The starting and ending locations, with respect to pairs of lat/long numbers, were 43.56074/-89.12348 and 43.56435/-8901686. Average path width was about 30 yards. DI#28 (TS), DOD2. Wind speed estimated at about 65 knots (75 mph).
June 2008Flash FloodCambria-Heavy rains resulted in a flash flood event that covered roads and flooded many back yards and lows spots from Cambia to Columbus. This event was one of 3 flash flood events over parts of Columbia County on 3 separate days. Two started on June 7th, and one on June 8th. In all 3 flash flood events, home and business damage was reported, and there was crop damage. It was nearly impossible to break down the damages by flash flood. Therefore, the collective damage breakdown for these events is provided in the June 8th flash flood StormData entry for Columbia County. The Spring Creek gauge site in Lodi crested at an all-time record high level of 8.40' on 6/9.
June 2008Tornado (EF0)Cambria-This tornado started in Columbia County about 6 miles southeast of Cambria, or about 3 miles south of Randolph, or about 1/3 mile west of the intersection of CTH CD and Court Road. This tornado crossed into Dodge County where Beaver Creek crosses the county line Only minor tree damage was noted in Columbia County. The starting and ending locations for the Columbia County segment, with respect to lat/long pairs of numbers, were 43.49298/-89.01509 and 43.49473/-89.00625. DI#28 (TS), DOD2. Wind speeds estimated at 75 mph. Average path width was about 15 yards.
October 2006HailCambria-Hail fell for about 20 minutes and almost covered the ground white. Hail size ranged from 0.75 to 1.25 inches.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindCambria-Several clusters of severe thunderstorms, some having bow echo appearance, raced northeast across Wisconsin. They genenrated powerful downburst winds which knocked down many large trees in Laona (Forest County); near Boaz (Richland Center); near Crivitz, Marinette, and Peshtigo (Marinette County); in Dakota (Wausharaa County); in Rothschild (Marathon County), near Waupaca, Clintonville, and Embarrass (Waupaca County); in Antigo(Langlade County), west of Neenah (Winnebago County); north of Embarrass, in Split Rock, and south of Shawano (Shawano County); in Keshena (Menominee County); in Abrams (Oconto County); in New Franklin (Brown County); in Sun Prairie (Dane County); and in Cambria (Columbia County). Lightning hit a county courthouse in Crandon (Forest County) and damaged its telephones, PC's, and radios.
July 2010HailCambria-no account filed
April 2007HailCambria-no account filed
July 2006HailCambria-no account filed
August 2006HailCambria-no account filed
October 2006HailCambria-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindCambria-no account filed
August 2003HailCambria-no account filed
September 2001Thunderstorm WindCambria-no account filed
May 1998HailCambria-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
Friesland3.8 miles10
East Friesland5.2 miles10
Randolph5.3 miles10
Ingle5.8 miles10
Englewood8.0 miles9
Doylestown8.2 miles9
Marcellon8.6 miles12
Rio9.6 miles9

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 CambriaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2172476The 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 1562559. 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.