Coloma, Wisconsin
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Coloma town. It lies in ZIP code area 54930. The Survey maps it on the Coloma quadrangle. 448 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,096 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresColoma fell from 450 to 448 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 | 450 | |
| 2020 | 448 | -2 (-0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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.
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Coloma quadrangle1:48000
- 1968 USGS Coloma quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wisconsin Rapids quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
147 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Coloma between 1992 and 2020, burning about 171 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 24 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 burning | 43 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | CUMBERLAND RD ARSON |
| 23 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | STECKBAUER |
| 12 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HWY 21 & 2ND LN |
| 12 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HWY21 & 2ND LN CELL TOWER |
| 8 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MIDIAN FIRE 129 |
| 3 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Coloma: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pockrandt Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
21 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coloma in 21 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 15 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2000 | Hail | Coloma | $26,000,000 | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coloma | $500 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coloma | - | Thunderstorm winds downed multiple trees in Coloma. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Coloma | - | Ping pong size hail fell south of Coloma. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coloma | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and powerlines near Coloma. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| August 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Coloma | - | A tornado formed at 3:52 pm CDT in Pleasant Lake in Waushara County and continued north northeast before dissipating at 3:58 pm CDT just west of Coloma. The tornado produced damage to trees (DI 28, DOD 2,3,4) and houses (DI 2, DOD 4). Total path length is estimated to be 3.48 miles long, with a width of 350 yards. Peak wind estimated to be 90 to 95 mph. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coloma | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees on Highway 21 near Interstate 39 in Coloma. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coloma | - | Thunderstorm winds downed a tree and several 2 to 3 inch diameter branches near Coloma on County Road FF. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Coloma | - | Golf ball size hail fell southwest of Coloma as thunderstorms passed. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coloma | - | Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees south of Coloma. |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coloma | - | Thunderstorm winds downed two trees and some large branches near Coloma. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coloma | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in the Coloma area. The time of this event was estimated based on radar data. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coloma | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Coloma. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coloma | - | Strong thunderstorm winds downed trees in the Coloma area. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coloma | - | Thunderstorms winds downed a few trees in the western part of Waushara County. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coloma | - | High winds from thunderstorms tore 3 to 4 inch diameter branches from trees between Coloma and Wautoma. |
| September 2005 | Hail | Coloma | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coloma | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coloma | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coloma | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Coloma | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richford | 4.6 miles | 7 | |
| Hancock | 6.8 miles | 7 | |
| Dakota | 9.3 miles | 10 | |
| Plainfield | 12.4 miles | 7 | |
| Wautoma | 12.7 miles | 6 | |
| Silver Lake | 15.7 miles | 8 | |
| Bannerman | 15.9 miles | 14 | |
| Wild Rose | 17.5 miles | 8 |
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 Coloma | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2671444 | 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 1563272. 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.



