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.
Population over time
2 figuresCobb 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 458 | |
| 2020 | 480 | +22 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1902 USGS Mineral Point quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1952 USGS Linden quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Dubuque North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 1993Regional 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 burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 May 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 100 acres | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | BLOCKHOUSE |
| 28 April 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 42818 |
| 1 April 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 March 2009 | Smoking | 3.3 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | PARK AND TORCH |
| 16 March 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 March 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 February 2020 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2020021 |
| 15 December 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 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 67 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Clark Mine Group, Copper Prospect | Copper, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Lampe-Eberle Mine | Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1900 | |
| Unnamed Prospect Near Blue River | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Near Blue River | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Butteris Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Ivey Construction Co. Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Knight Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Masters Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Stephens Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 2000Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cobb | $50,000 | no account filed |
| October 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cobb | $35,000 | A 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cobb | $30,000 | Several electrical transmission lines were downed as a strong line of thunderstorms moved through the area. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cobb | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Cobb | $2,830 | Heavy 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 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cobb | $2,000 | Powerful thunderstorm wind gusts to an estimated 52 knots (60 mph) toppled several large trees and damagaed a power-line. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Cobb | - | Trained spotter reports 1.75 inch diameter hail in the town of Cobb. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Cobb | - | Picture of hail provided. |
| October 2018 | Heavy Rain | Cobb | - | Tomas Rd., just north of Cobb, was closed due to flooding. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Cobb | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Cobb | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cobb | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Cobb | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edmund | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Linden | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Highland | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Mifflin | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Rewey | 9.3 miles | 14 | |
| Dodgeville | 10.6 miles | 14 | |
| Mineral Point | 10.9 miles | 14 | |
| Clyde | 12.2 miles | 11 |
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 Cobb | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3301002 | 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 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.






