Elderon, Wisconsin
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Elderon town. The Survey maps it on the Wittenberg quadrangle. 161 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,253 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresElderon fell from 179 to 161 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 | 179 | |
| 2020 | 161 | -18 (-10%) |
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
62 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Elderon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 59 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 22 July 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 July 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 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 |
| 30 June 2000 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 June 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HIGHWAY 153 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Elderon: 7 occurrences, 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comet Creek Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Comet Creek Gravel Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Elderon Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Elm Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| John Bushman Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| John Bushman Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kingbird Lane Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Lilly Lake Gravel Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Mcdevitt Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Shawano County Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elderon in 3 storm reports between 1994 and 2004: 2 tornado, 1 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.
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 Elderon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2671441 | 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 1564498. 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.




