Cornell, Wisconsin
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Cornell City. It lies in ZIP code area 54732. It stands on Clark Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cornell quadrangle. 1,453 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,083 feet above sea level.
On record in Cornell
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 1 record
Cornell Pulpwood Stackerlisted 1993
Population over time
2 figuresCornell fell from 1,467 to 1,453 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 | 1,467 | |
| 2020 | 1,453 | -14 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1951 USGS Cornell quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Cornell quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Bloomer quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
90 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Cornell between 1992 and 2018, burning about 122 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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 | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 July 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 July 2012 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HOLCOMBE DIKE FIRE |
| 15 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 June 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | S AND J 2 |
| 16 June 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 June 2006 | 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
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Cornell: 3 producers. All of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornell Wood Products Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| George Bruyette Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Quinn Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
25 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cornell in 25 storm reports between 1999 and 2026: 15 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 lightning, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2007 | Lightning | Cornell | $100,000 | Lightning struck a home, which burned. The home was determined to be a near total loss. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cornell | $50,000 | The emergency manager reported that the storm caused scattered trees down across nearly a one mile swath from the northwest side of Cornell. Some trees fell on houses and vehicles. A gazebo was also damaged, several garage doors buckled, and some shingles damaged. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cornell | - | There were multiple reports of downed trees west of Cornell, with some partially blocking roads. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cornell | - | Fire Department provided photos of multiple trees snapped from 8th street east to Townline Road along Ripley Street in Cornell from a microburst. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Cornell | - | Time estimated based on radar. A spotter also reported gusty winds but no large branches were down. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cornell | - | Several trees and large branches were downed. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cornell | - | Multiple trees were down in Cornell. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cornell | - | A report of 65 mph winds was received from a trained spotter on the Chippewa and Taylor county line. In addition, the Eau Claire airport in the southern part of the county also measured a 55 mph wind gust. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cornell | - | A large tree was uprooted east of Cornell. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cornell | - | Numerous downed trees and power lines were reported around Cornell, especially on the north side of town, and near Brunett Island State Park. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cornell | - | Several large tree limbs were blown down west of Cornell. |
| August 2010 | Flash Flood | Cornell | - | Significant street flooding was reported in Cornell, Wisconsin where storm sewers were overflowing. Overnight rainfall reports were averaging between three and five inches across the county. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cornell | - | Several 4 to 6 inch diameter tree limbs were blown down in Cornell, Wisconsin. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cornell | - | A large tree was blown down near Cornell, Wisconsin. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cornell | - | Trees down. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cornell | - | A tree toppled onto a house in the Town of Ruby. Hail one quarter inch in diameter was also reported. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cornell | - | Numerous trees down. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cornell | - | Several trees and power lines downed. Roads blocked. Windspeed estimated. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Cornell | - | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Hail | Cornell | - | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Hail | Cornell | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Cornell | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Cornell | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Cornell | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Cornell | - | 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.
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 Cornell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1569729 | 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 1563404. 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.




