Couderay, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Couderay Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54828. It stands on Eddy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Couderay quadrangle. 81 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,329 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCouderay fell from 88 to 81 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 | 88 | |
| 2020 | 81 | -7 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1944 USGS Couderay quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Couderay quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Couderay quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Spooner quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
45 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Couderay between 1994 and 2019, burning about 59 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 July 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | LEMINGTON FIRE |
| 31 May 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Great Lakes Agency | CC POWERLINE |
| 24 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | EDWARDS ROAD FIRE |
| 2 May 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 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 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Couderay: 8 occurrences, 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beverly Lake Quartzite Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Atherton Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Beaver Brook Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Birch Lane Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Chafer Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Chafer Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Devils Creek Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Edwards Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ken Miracle Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| King Creek Gravel Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
6 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Couderay in 6 storm reports between 1993 and 2011: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Couderay | - | Some small trees and branches blown down east on Highway 70 near Couderay. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Couderay | - | Penny and nickel sized hail fell at State Highway 27 and County Highway C. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Couderay | - | Twelve inch diameter trees were blown down. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Couderay | - | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. |
| August 2000 | Hail | Couderay | - | no account filed |
| September 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Couderay | - | 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 Couderay | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q744816 | 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 1563431. 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.





