Catawba, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Catawba Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54515. The Survey maps it on the Kennan quadrangle. 141 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,503 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCatawba grew from 110 to 141 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 | 110 | |
| 2020 | 141 | +31 (+28%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1941 USGS Kennan quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Kennan quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Kennan quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Park Falls quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
49 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Catawba between 1992 and 2019, burning about 45 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 July 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 July 2008 | Fireworks | under an acre | Great Lakes Agency | FIREWORKS |
| 6 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MOONSHINE ALLEY |
| 2 June 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Catawba: 11 occurrences, 7 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Creek Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Elm Drive Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Elm Drive Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hobbles Creek Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Lake Sixteen Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Liberty Lane Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Makovsky Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Many Roads Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Moonshine Alley Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Moonshine Alley Gravel Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
22 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Catawba in 22 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 12 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Catawba | $75,000 | The heavy rainfall led to washouts along Highway 111 north of the Needle Creek bridge to US Highway 8 leading to the road to be closed. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Catawba | $60,000 | A few trees were down across a road. Additionally, widespread tree and powerline damage was reported across the county from the storms. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Catawba | - | An eight inch diameter tree was knocked down onto a power line approximately 5 miles north of Catawba on County Road J. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Catawba | - | A few trees were knocked down along Highway 8 in Catawba. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Catawba | - | Trees were uprooted and snapped, and a house's siding was peeled. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Catawba | - | Power lines and trees were blown down. |
| April 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Catawba | - | A tornado touched down briefly in an isolated wooded area. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Catawba | - | Trees were blown down on U.S. Highway 8. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Catawba | - | A machine shed was blown off its foundation. There was also roof and siding damage, and a round bale feeder was thrown 225 feet. Siding was blown off a mobile home. The wind speed is estimated. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Catawba | - | Large trees were blown down. Wind speed is estimated. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Catawba | - | no account filed |
| October 2018 | Hail | Catawba | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Catawba | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Catawba | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Catawba | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Catawba | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Catawba | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Catawba | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Catawba | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Catawba | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Catawba | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Catawba | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kennan | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Pennington | 7.3 miles | 10 | |
| Cranberry Lake | 12.0 miles | 10 | |
| Prentice | 12.9 miles | 10 | |
| Phillips | 13.0 miles | 10 | |
| Worcester | 13.4 miles | 10 | |
| Ogema | 13.8 miles | 9 | |
| Lugerville | 16.5 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 Catawba | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2139915 | 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 1562803. 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.





