Centuria, Wisconsin
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in St. Croix Falls town. It lies in ZIP code area 54824. The Survey maps it on the Centuria quadrangle. 891 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,230 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCenturia fell from 948 to 891 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 | 948 | |
| 2020 | 891 | -57 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 22 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.
- 1900 USGS St Croix Dalles quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS St Croix Dalles quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS St Croix Dalles quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS St. Croix Dalles quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS St. Croix Dalles NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Centuria quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Centuria between 2018 and 2020, burning about 15 acres in total. None 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/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 60 |
| 20 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 60 |
| 15 October 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2020187 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Centuria: 10 occurrences, 7 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balsam Branch Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Balsam Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Centuria Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Centuria Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Centuria Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Centuria Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Deer Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dwight Parmeter Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Frank Svoboda Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| John Northquist Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Centuria in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. 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 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centuria | - | About one dozen trees were tipped over or large branches broken. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centuria | - | Several trees were uprooted. The door of a barn was blown off track. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centuria | - | The local emergency manager reported that several trees were uprooted or blown down from Centuria, to Balsam Lake, and Milltown, Wisconsin. Most of the trees were small but some did manage to pulled down power lines and block roads. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centuria | - | A large tree was blown down just north of 160th Street. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centuria | - | A large tree was blown down and blocked 190th Avenue, east of Highway 35. |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centuria | - | Over 20 miles of roads were blocked by downed trees and power lines in the northwest portion of the county. Siding, roof, and window damage was reported in the Sterling Township area. The roof of an old school building was blown off in Centuria. The time was estimated. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centuria | - | Shed down. Large limbs and power lines down. Estimated winds. |
| July 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Centuria | - | Brief Touchdown. No damage. |
| September 2024 | Hail | Centuria | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centuria | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar | 2.0 miles | 22 | |
| Lykens | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Balsam Lake | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Saint Croix Falls | 5.4 miles | 23 | |
| Milltown | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Sand Lake | 5.7 miles | 22 | |
| Eureka Center | 6.7 miles | 16 | |
| Ubet | 6.9 miles | 22 |
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 Centuria | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2292988 | 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 1562913. 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.











