BlockBefore

Downsville, Wisconsin

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Dunn town. It lies in ZIP code area 54751. The Survey maps it on the Menomonie South quadrangle. 188 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 784 feet above sea level.

Downsville within Dunn County

On record in Downsville

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Population over time

2 figures

Downsville grew from 146 to 188 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
2010146
2020188+42 (+29%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

4 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Downsville between 2012 and 2019, burning about 5 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
6 May 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1081
25 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources861
24 November 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2820
15 October 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesDUNNVILLE WA FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dunn County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Downsville: 5 occurrences, 5 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Downsville Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dunnville Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Little Elk Creek Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Robert Sol Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Wolf PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Irvington Dolomite DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Knights Creek Dolomite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Little Elk Creek Shale QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Markham Shale QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Red Cedar River Limestone DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Dunn County

Storms near this place

12 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Downsville in 12 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 6 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1997Tornado (F2)Downsville$200,000Three silos, machine shed, barn and several trees damaged or destroyed. Pieces of shed found 1 mile away. Numerous trees and power lines down.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindDownsville-Multiple large oak trees snapped and uprooted southeast of Downsville.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindDownsville-A tree was blown down, and partially blocked a road west of Downsville.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindDownsville-Several trees were blown down in Dunn Township.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindDownsville-Few trees down.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindDownsville-Shed destroyed. Trees and power lines down. Estimated windspeed.
August 2023HailDownsville-no account filed
June 2021HailDownsville-no account filed
August 2018HailDownsville-no account filed
May 2013HailDownsville-no account filed
May 2008HailDownsville-no account filed
August 2006HailDownsville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dunn 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
Dunnville4.1 miles12
Irvington4.4 miles13
Comfort5.5 miles11
Old Tyrone (historical)6.3 miles12
Red Cedar6.4 miles12
Welch Point (historical)6.5 miles13
Menomonie7.0 miles12
Eau Galle7.1 miles13

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 DownsvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5303311The 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 1564093. 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.