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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.

Cornell within Chippewa County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Cornell 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,467
20201,453-14 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 6 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

90 since 1992

Regional 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 burning20
Equipment and vehicle use19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Arson/incendiarism10
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Fireworks4
Other causes3
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
25 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 July 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 July 2012Fireworksunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesHOLCOMBE DIKE FIRE
15 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 June 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesS AND J 2
16 June 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 June 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chippewa County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cornell Wood Products PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
George Bruyette PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Quinn PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Chippewa County

Storms near this place

25 since 1999

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2007LightningCornell$100,000Lightning struck a home, which burned. The home was determined to be a near total loss.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindCornell$50,000The 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 2025Thunderstorm WindCornell-There were multiple reports of downed trees west of Cornell, with some partially blocking roads.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindCornell-Fire Department provided photos of multiple trees snapped from 8th street east to Townline Road along Ripley Street in Cornell from a microburst.
May 2024HailCornell-Time estimated based on radar. A spotter also reported gusty winds but no large branches were down.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindCornell-Several trees and large branches were downed.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindCornell-Multiple trees were down in Cornell.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindCornell-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 2022Thunderstorm WindCornell-A large tree was uprooted east of Cornell.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindCornell-Numerous downed trees and power lines were reported around Cornell, especially on the north side of town, and near Brunett Island State Park.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindCornell-Several large tree limbs were blown down west of Cornell.
August 2010Flash FloodCornell-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 2010Thunderstorm WindCornell-Several 4 to 6 inch diameter tree limbs were blown down in Cornell, Wisconsin.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindCornell-A large tree was blown down near Cornell, Wisconsin.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindCornell-Trees down.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindCornell-A tree toppled onto a house in the Town of Ruby. Hail one quarter inch in diameter was also reported.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindCornell-Numerous trees down.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindCornell-Several trees and power lines downed. Roads blocked. Windspeed estimated.
April 2026HailCornell-no account filed
April 2026HailCornell-no account filed
April 2026HailCornell-no account filed
July 2020HailCornell-no account filed
July 2010Funnel CloudCornell-no account filed
June 2007HailCornell-no account filed
June 2002HailCornell-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Chippewa 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
Holcombe4.3 miles6
Cobban5.4 miles6
Crescent6.9 miles6
Drywood8.3 miles6
Ruby8.6 miles6
Huron9.4 miles6
Arnold9.5 miles6
Colburn10.4 miles6

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 CornellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1569729The 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.