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Durand, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Durand City. It lies in ZIP code area 54736. It stands on Old Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Durand North quadrangle. 1,854 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 719 feet above sea level.

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Durand within Pepin County

On record in Durand

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Durand fell from 1,931 to 1,854 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
20101,931
20201,854-77 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

5 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Durand between 2018 and 2020, burning under an acre 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning2

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
8 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources25
29 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19
21 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20
20 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources26
12 November 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources56

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pepin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Durand: 15 past producers, 10 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
Patnode QuarryStoneUnknown
Arkansaw Sand Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Arkansaw Sand Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Brooks PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Chippewa River Bar Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Chippewa River Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cranes Bend Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Durand Quarry and PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Eau Galle River Sand Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Fox Valley Creek Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Pepin County

Storms near this place

49 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Durand in 49 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 21 hail, 19 thunderstorm wind, 4 heavy rain, 3 funnel cloud. The reports record 6 injuries. 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
May 1998Tornado (F3)Durand6 hurt, $100,000Tornado touched down in northern Buffalo County, and continued on ground for 9 miles into eastern Pepin County. Two homes were destroyed in Pepin County. House collapse injured 6 family members. Trailer home also damaged. Tornado rated F3 for a brief time east of Durand, however most of its damage track rated F1.
August 2009Flash FloodDurand$200,000Several gullies washed out, damaging infrastructure.
June 2001HailDurand$200,000Vehicles, houses and other structures damaged.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindDurand$200A large tree was blown down in the city of Durand.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindDurand-Tree down across road 2 miles northwest of Durand or 1.5 miles north of the intersection of Co Rd D and WI-25.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindDurand-Tree down across State Road 85, 3.5 mile east-northeast of Durand.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindDurand-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 65 mph downed multiple trees in Durand.
August 2025Heavy RainDurand-Cocorahs station WI-PP-12 Durand 1.5 SW - 72 hour total of 6.20 inches.
August 2025Heavy RainDurand-Cocorahs station WI-PP-13 Durand 0.7 E 72 hour total of 5.03 inches.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindDurand-Three inches diameter branches were downed along a 150 foot tree line.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindDurand-A Facebook photo showed an uprooted tree near Durand.
May 2020Funnel CloudDurand-A social media picture of a funnel cloud.
June 2020Heavy RainDurand-A measured rainfall report of 3.30 inches occurred over the past 12 hours east of Durand.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindDurand-A tree blew down across County Road N in the town of Albany of far eastern Pepin County.
August 2009Heavy RainDurand-A local observer measured 6.50 inches of rainfall overnight.
August 2007HailDurand-Observed at sheriffs office.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindDurand-Doors blown off building.
August 2006HailDurand-About 7000 acres of corn and beans were severely damaged across central and eastern Pepin County.
August 2006HailDurand-Hail broke windows, and damaged houses and vehicles.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindDurand-Few trees down.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindDurand-A tree was downed onto a road in Albany Township, Section 15.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindDurand-Trees and power lines were downed including a 100 year old Maple on Prospect Street.
May 2004HailDurand-Penny to nickel sized hail was reported.
April 2004Thunderstorm WindDurand-Power lines and trees were downed. The time was estimated.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindDurand-A tree was downed onto County Road F southeast of Durand. The time was estimated.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindDurand-A 68 MPH wind gust was measured by an automated sensor.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindDurand-Numerous trees down, some on houses and vehicles. Roof partially ripped off barn 4 E Durand. Portion of greenhouse in Durand blown apart.
March 1998Thunderstorm WindDurand-Barn blown down. Estimated windspeed.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindDurand-Several large trees knocked down.
April 2026HailDurand-no account filed
April 2025HailDurand-no account filed
May 2022HailDurand-no account filed
May 2020HailDurand-no account filed
May 2013HailDurand-no account filed
May 2013HailDurand-no account filed
October 2006HailDurand-no account filed
April 2004HailDurand-no account filed
April 2004HailDurand-no account filed
April 2002HailDurand-no account filed
June 2002HailDurand-no account filed
May 2002HailDurand-no account filed
June 2001HailDurand-no account filed
May 2001Funnel CloudDurand-no account filed
May 2001Funnel CloudDurand-no account filed
March 1998HailDurand-no account filed
August 1997HailDurand-no account filed
August 1997HailDurand-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindDurand-no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindDurand-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pepin 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
Laneville0.5 miles13
Arkansaw3.5 miles13
Lima4.9 miles12
Tarrant6.8 miles12
Porcupine7.5 miles13
Ella7.6 miles13
Devils Corner12.0 miles13
Hawkins Corner13.0 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 DurandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1013684The 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 1564195. 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.