BlockBefore

Clintonville, Wisconsin

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Clintonville City. It lies in ZIP code area 54929. The Survey maps it on the Clintonville South quadrangle. 4,591 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 814 feet above sea level.

Clintonville within Waupaca County

On record in Clintonville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Clintonville grew from 4,559 to 4,591 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
20104,559
20204,591+32 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

3,268 words on this township

History of Waupaca County, Wisconsin, published 1890 names this settlement in its chapter on Clintonville City. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

In the Fall of 1881 the writer was in the little backwoods village of Clintonville. It was then a small, unpretentious burgh, giving no indications of much future smartness. In the Spring of 1890, he paid a second visit, and met with a surprise. In nine years it had become a pleasant city, with a population of nearly 2,000. It is full of live, energetic business men, ^lo will make it a successful rival of its sister towns, if money and brains can doit.

Passage source: History of Waupaca County, Wisconsin, published 1890.

We do not believe that we can conclude our sketch of Clintonville more acceptably than by copying two chapters from that spicy sheet. The Dual-City Tribune, by Frank H. Brady, who has laid us under many obligations for kind attentions paid during our recent visit to his cit3^ Mr. Brady is a grandson of Mr. Clinton, a sketch of whose life is here given :

Passage source: History of Waupaca County, Wisconsin, published 1890.

Norman C. Clinton was born in Ferrisburg, Vt., December 29, 1796. He was of Yankee origin, and sprung from the great family of Clintons, who are scattered all over the Eastern, and many of the Western states. He was more religiously inclined than many Clintonville residents of today, and from boyhood till death was a member of the Baptist church.

Passage source: History of Waupaca County, Wisconsin, published 1890.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Clintonville City - it names this place 6 more 6 times.

Fires near this place

76 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Clintonville between 1993 and 2020, burning about 113 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 burning40
Equipment and vehicle use10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Fireworks2
Other causes1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesPALMER RD
26 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 August 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources7TH ST FIRE
2 August 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesJEPSON
19 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources819181
11 August 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 August 2007Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Waupaca County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Clintonville: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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
Apple Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Draheim PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mantin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pella Opening Road Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Waupaca County

Storms near this place

45 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clintonville in 45 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 23 thunderstorm wind, 16 hail, 2 tornado, 2 flash flood. 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 1999Thunderstorm WindClintonville$50,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindClintonville$10,000no account filed
June 2017FloodClintonville$1,000Heavy rainfall from thunderstorms caused street flooding in Clintonville.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindClintonville$1,000no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindClintonville$1,000no account filed
April 2026HailClintonville-Quarter size hail fell in Clintonville.
June 2025Flash FloodClintonville-Rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 inches in a short time caused US Highway 45 to close at the intersection of County Road O south of Clintonville due to flash flooding. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
July 2025Tornado (EFU)Clintonville-A tornado briefly touched down south of Clintonville at 5:32 PM|CDT, moving east-northeast before dissipating at 5:34 PM CDT. The tornado was spotted by the local fire department and tracked over mainly open areas with little to no damage indicators. The only damage indicators were disturbances to crops on satellite analysis. Total path length is estimated to be 1.32 miles long, with a width of 80 yards. Path estimated based on radar and satellite imagery.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindClintonville-Thunderstorms produced a wind gust to 60 mph at Clintonville on a personal weather station.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindClintonville-Thunderstorm winds downed multiple trees in Clintonville. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindClintonville-Thunderstorms produced a wind gust to 70 mph in Clintonville.
June 2021HailClintonville-Penny size hail fell in Clintonville.
August 2021HailClintonville-Quarter size hail fell in Clintonville.
May 2019HailClintonville-A thunderstorms dropped penny size hail in Clintonville.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindClintonville-Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Clintonville. The time of this report was estimated based on radar data.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindClintonville-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Clintonville.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindClintonville-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph in Clintonville.
June 2016HailClintonville-A thunderstorm dropped nickel size hail in Clintonville.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindClintonville-A thunderstorm produced a wind gust that a spotter estimated at 60 mph in Clintonville.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindClintonville-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and snapped off a transformer at the intersection of Highways 45 and 76, just to the west of Bear Creek.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindClintonville-Thunderstorm winds downed many trees and power lines as the storms moved through Clintonville.
September 2015Heavy RainClintonville-Heavy rainfall caused urban flooding in Clintonville.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindClintonville-Thunderstorms produced a wind gust to 60 mph in Clintonville.
June 2013HailClintonville-Nickel size hail fell south of Clintonville.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindClintonville-Thunderstorms winds downed numerous trees in Clintonville near Walnut Street and Grove Street.
June 2013HailClintonville-The storm that downed numerous trees in Clintonville also produced nickel size hail that covered the ground.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindClintonville-A trained spotter reported trees down on 14th Street in Clintonville. Time of event was estimated based on radar data.
May 2012HailClintonville-Nickel size hail, torrential rain and wind gusts estimated at 45 mph were reported by a spotter in Clintonville as thunderstorms moved through the area.
May 2012HailClintonville-Penny size hail was observed by a spotter in Clintonville.
June 2012HailClintonville-Thunderstorms produced quarter to half dollar size hail at Clintonville.
July 2012HailClintonville-Ping pong ball size hail fell at Clintonville.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindClintonville-Thunderstorms produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph in Clintonville.
July 2012HailClintonville-Nickel size hail fell near Bear Creek.
September 2010Flash FloodClintonville-Heavy rain fell across northeast Waupaca County causing rivers and streams to overflow their banks in some locations, washing out culverts and flooding County Highway C near Clintonville. Storm total rainfall in northern Waupaca County was generally in excess of 3 inches. The highest recorded total was 4.73 inches at Clintonville.
July 2010HailClintonville-Ping pong ball size hail fell at the intersection of Duwe Road and Kratzke Road near Clintonville.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindClintonville-no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindClintonville-no account filed
June 2005Tornado (F0)Clintonville-no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindClintonville-no account filed
April 2003HailClintonville-no account filed
June 2001HailClintonville-no account filed
June 2000HailClintonville-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindClintonville-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindClintonville-no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindClintonville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Waupaca 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
Embarrass4.3 miles8
Buckbee4.3 miles8
Bear Creek Corners6.2 miles7
Nicholson6.8 miles8
Marble (historical)7.0 miles8
Marion7.6 miles8
Nowell (historical)9.2 miles7
Symco10.5 miles8

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 ClintonvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q645222The 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 1563198. 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.