Eland, Wisconsin
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Eland Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54427. It stands on Railroad Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wittenberg quadrangle. 199 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,234 feet above sea level.
Population over time
4 figuresEland fell from 247 to 199 between 1990 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 247 | |
| 2000 | 251 | +4 (+2%) |
| 2010 | 202 | -49 (-20%) |
| 2020 | 199 | -3 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Wittenberg quadrangle1:48000
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Wittenberg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Wittenberg quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Wausau quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
81 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Eland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 148 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | FIREWORKS PARTY |
| 24 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.3 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HALF MILE |
| 10 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | KILDEER FIRE |
| 5 June 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Eland: 11 occurrences, 10 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anton Buss Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bernard Fuller Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Birnamwood Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Birnamwood Gravel Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Birnamwood Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Brinkman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dobratz Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Eland Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Eland Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Elm Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eland in 4 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eland | - | Thunderstorm winds snapped and uprooted trees near Eland. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Eland | - | Half dollar size hail fell at Eland. |
| June 2012 | Funnel Cloud | Eland | - | A funnel cloud was spotted at Eland. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eland | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paac Ciinak | 3.6 miles | 7 | |
| Wittenberg | 3.8 miles | 7 | |
| Birnamwood | 4.3 miles | 7 | |
| Shepley | 6.0 miles | 7 | |
| Whitcomb | 7.9 miles | 7 | |
| Aniwa | 9.5 miles | 8 | |
| Five Corners | 10.0 miles | 7 | |
| Regina | 10.4 miles | 7 |
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 Eland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2729960 | 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 1564486. 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.




