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Centerville, Wisconsin

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Trempealeau town. It lies in ZIP code area 54661. It lies near Tamarack Valley. The Survey maps it on the Trempealeau quadrangle.

Centerville within Trempealeau County

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.

In the county-history sources

4,024 words on this township

History of Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, published 1917 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Trempealeau Town covers the township.

Read the chapter on Trempealeau Town - 4,024 words.

Fires near this place

9 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Centerville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 3 acres in total. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural2
Smoking1
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
25 August 2014Naturalunder an acreTrempeleau National Wildlife RefugeBFC
10 July 2006Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 June 1994Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 2020Smoking1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2023
7 May 2004Naturalunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1825
12 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018
19 March 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1819

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Trempealeau County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Centerville: 17 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
C Carhart Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
F Klein Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
F Klein Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Frank Eichman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
H Kohnle Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
R Bark Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
R Kriesel Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Sonsalla Farms Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Trempealeau Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
A Losinski Shale QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Trempealeau County

Storms near this place

27 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Centerville in 27 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 12 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 3 heavy rain. 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
July 2017HailCenterville$250,000Tennis ball sized hail was reported in Centerville.
July 2017HailCenterville$230,000Baseball sized hail broke windows near Perrot State Park.
July 2017HailCenterville$220,000Egg sized hail was reported west of Centerville.
September 2011LightningCenterville$150,000A house was destroyed by a fire started by a lightning strike.
June 2021HailCenterville$95,000Egg sized hail was reported west of Centerville.
December 2021Tornado (EF1)Centerville$25,000This EF1 tornado initially formed in Winona County Minnesota before crossing the Mississippi River and moving through the Trempealeau Wildlife Refuge. Hundreds of trees were damaged by the tornado before it dissipated along the northeast side of the refuge.
July 2013Tornado (EF0)Centerville$22,000The tornado began as a waterspout in the marsh waters just off the main channel of the Mississippi River southeast of Winona, Minnesota, but on the Wisconsin side. White spray could be seen for some distance as the waterspout pulled up water into the funnel. The tornado then moved onshore in the Trempealeau Wildlife Refuge and knocked down numerous trees for nearly a half mile. Water plants were found on the refuge roads suggesting they were thrown some distance.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindCenterville$20,000Numerous trees were blown down in Centerville and just east along Highways 93 and 54. Some of the downed trees went through the roofs of homes. The winds also pushed over corn in nearby fields.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindCenterville$6,500no account filed
September 2011Thunderstorm WindCenterville$5,000Several trees were blown down along State Highway 35 between Centerville and Trempealeau.
June 2001HailCenterville$2,000no account filed
August 2005Tornado (F0)Centerville$1,500no account filed
May 2025HailCenterville-Law enforcement reported quarter sized hail in Centerville.
October 2023Heavy RainCenterville-An automated weather observation station reported 4.89 inches of rainfall near Centerville.
October 2023Heavy RainCenterville-An automated weather observation station reported 4.16 inches of rainfall near Centerville.
October 2023Heavy RainCenterville-An automated weather observation station near Centerville reported 4.24 inches of rainfall.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindCenterville-A 65 mph wind gust west of Centerville was measured by a mesonet station.
August 2019Funnel CloudCenterville-A funnel cloud was sighted west of Centerville from a storm that had formed along the Mississippi River.
July 2017HailCenterville-Ping pong ball sized hail fell southwest of Centerville. The hail damaged grapes at a local winery.
June 2015HailCenterville-Golfball sized hail fell north of Centerville. The hail damaged about 30 percent of the apple crop of one orchard near Centerville.
June 2015HailCenterville-Golfball sized hail fell in Centerville.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindCenterville-An estimated wind gust of 60 mph occurred in Centerville.
July 2013HailCenterville-Ping pong ball to golf ball sized hail fell in Centerville.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindCenterville-Strong winds blew down corn and combined with nickel sized hail stripped crops along and near Highway 35 between Galesville and Centerville.
April 2009HailCenterville-no account filed
June 2001HailCenterville-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindCenterville-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
Wrights Corners0.5 miles11
West Prairie3.4 miles18
Pine Creek (historical)4.2 miles18
Trempealeau4.5 miles11
Galesville5.5 miles11
Pine Creek6.0 miles16
Dodge6.9 miles16
Tamarack7.2 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1562894. 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.