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Cobb, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Cobb Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53526. The Survey maps it on the Linden quadrangle. 480 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,171 feet above sea level.

Cobb within Iowa County

Population over time

2 figures

Cobb grew from 458 to 480 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
2010458
2020480+22 (+5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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.

Fires near this place

9 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Cobb between 1993 and 2020, burning about 107 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
20 May 2009Power generation/transmission/distribution100 acresChequamegon-Nicolet National ForestBLOCKHOUSE
28 April 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources42818
1 April 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 March 2009Smoking3.3 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesPARK AND TORCH
16 March 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 March 1996Debris and open burning1.6 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 February 2020Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2020021
15 December 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Iowa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 67 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 67 workings within 5 miles of Cobb: 31 unknowns, 29 past producers, 4 producers, 3 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
James QuarryStoneUnknown
Clark Mine Group, Copper ProspectCopper, Lead, ZincOccurrence
Lampe-Eberle MineCopper, Lead, ZincPast Producer1900
Unnamed Prospect Near Blue RiverCopperOccurrence
Unnamed Prospect Near Blue RiverCopperOccurrence
Butteris Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ivey Construction Co. QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Knight QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Masters QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Stephens QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Iowa County

Storms near this place

13 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cobb in 13 storm reports between 2000 and 2026: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 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 2004Thunderstorm WindCobb$50,000no account filed
October 2018Thunderstorm WindCobb$35,000A barn was pushed off its foundation with damage to the walls and the farm equipment inside the barn. Light-weight farm equipment was blown over. Some tree damage.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindCobb$30,000Several electrical transmission lines were downed as a strong line of thunderstorms moved through the area.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindCobb$10,000no account filed
June 2008Flash FloodCobb$2,830Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding from the Cobb to Arena area. Water depths on road surfaces reached 3 feet or more and there were gravel washouts. At least one hundred homes were affected with at least some flooding. Ninty-five homes had minor damage, and 5 homes were destroyed (total of $1.5 million for all home property losses). No business losses were reported. Crops losses were estimated at $500 thousand. Public sector damage was about $1.325 million. There were several roads and bridges that sustained damage.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindCobb$2,000Powerful thunderstorm wind gusts to an estimated 52 knots (60 mph) toppled several large trees and damagaed a power-line.
April 2026HailCobb-Trained spotter reports 1.75 inch diameter hail in the town of Cobb.
May 2024HailCobb-Picture of hail provided.
October 2018Heavy RainCobb-Tomas Rd., just north of Cobb, was closed due to flooding.
May 2024HailCobb-no account filed
April 2008HailCobb-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindCobb-no account filed
July 2002HailCobb-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Iowa 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
Edmund3.4 miles12
Linden4.5 miles12
Highland6.1 miles10
Mifflin6.8 miles13
Rewey9.3 miles14
Dodgeville10.6 miles14
Mineral Point10.9 miles14
Clyde12.2 miles11

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 CobbAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3301002The 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 1563218. 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.