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Eleva, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Eleva Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54738. It stands on Adams Creek. The Survey maps it on the Strum quadrangle. 685 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 863 feet above sea level.

Eleva within Trempealeau County

Population over time

2 figures

Eleva grew from 670 to 685 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
2010670
2020685+15 (+2%)

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

6 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Eleva between 2018 and 2020, burning about 1 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/undetermined4
Other causes1
Debris and open burning1

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources202024
4 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources201918
30 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources201808
5 March 2020Other causesunder an acreSt. Croix Wetland Management DistrictRED CEDAR TRAILER FIRE
29 March 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources98
15 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources202012

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Trempealeau County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Eleva: 16 occurrences, 16 past producers. None of them 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
Dregney Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Eleva Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
John Grebin Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Sessions Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Adams Creek Shale QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Bennett Ridge Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Bruce Goss Shale QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
D Miland Shale DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Dale Olson Shale QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dennis Ulberg Shale QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Trempealeau County

Storms near this place

29 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eleva in 29 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 4 flash flood, 1 flood. 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
September 2015Flash FloodEleva$1,450,000Flood waters from Adams Creek went over State Highway 93 just north of Eleva and U.S. Highway 10 on the east side of Eleva. One business and one home suffered major damage from the flood waters. The business, a food wholesaler, suffered damage to a food storage building, had around 30% of their frozen food inventory destroyed and several diesel trucks were damaged causing an estimated $400 thousand in damages. The home suffered major damage when the basement completely filled with water and the main floor was also covered with water. Six other businesses in Eleva sustained minor water damage. The flood waters along the Buffalo River caused the Buffalo River State Trail to be shut down west of Eleva into Buffalo County.
August 2016Flash FloodEleva$1,000,000Runoff from heavy rain caused several streams to go out of their banks sending water over State Highway 93 near Eleva, State Highway 121 west of Elk Creek and County Highways D, E, O, Y and OO east of Elk Creek and south of Strum. The flood waters from Elk Creek stranded residences in the village of Elk Creek. A section of road was washed out at the intersection of State Highway 93 and County Highway H south of Eleva. Numerous culverts were washed out which caused State Highway 93 to be closed near Eleva. State Highway 93 was also impassable north of Elk Creek where flooding from a branch of the Chimney Rock Creek covered the road. The Buffalo River Recreation trail was washed out in several locations and closed as well.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindEleva$375,000Hundreds of mainly pine trees were blown down in two small forested areas southwest of Eleva.
August 2009Flash FloodEleva$20,000Law Enforcement officials reported water over County Roads O and H west of Osseo and a mudslide over County Road D two miles north of Strum. Cooperative observer reported around six inches of rain at Osseo and Doppler Radar estimated four to six inches of rain in northern Trempleau County.
October 2006HailEleva$10,000no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindEleva$10,000no account filed
August 2021LightningEleva$5,000A lightning strike struck a gas line and started a fire in Eleva.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindEleva$5,000Trees and power lines were blown down in Eleva.
May 2018HailEleva$5,000Golf ball sized hail fell in Eleva.
August 2009Flash FloodEleva$5,000Law Enforcement reported water over several side roads in the town of Eleva and water over several county roads in northern Trempealeau County.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindEleva$5,000Severe thunderstorms spun 3 tornadoes, dumped dime size hail and created damaging winds over northwest Wisconsin. A tornado damaged the roof of an inn and uprooted several trees just southwest of Dairyland (Douglas county). A second tornado tracked along a 4 mile path near Person Lake, 9 miles west northwest of Wascott (Douglas county) causing nearly $250,000 in damage to property, trees and power lines. The force of the tornado lifted a large paddleboat out of Person Lake and hurled it 50 feet resulting in its destruction. A third tornado briefly touched down near a Boy Scout camp on Bear Lake, 3 miles northwest of Haugen in Barron county damaging a number of trees.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindEleva$3,000Trees and power lines were blown down in Eleva.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindEleva$2,000Trees were blown down in Eleva.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindEleva$2,000Trees were blown down, taking out the power, in Eleva.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindEleva$1,500no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindEleva$1,500no account filed
August 2009FloodEleva$1,000Excessive rainfall overnight led to relatively rapid rises on the Buffalo River and associated forks. The river rose out of its banks and impacted Eleva alond with several nearby farms.
August 2006HailEleva$1,000no account filed
May 2007Thunderstorm WindEleva$750Trees and power lines were blown down through out much of the town.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindEleva-Amateur radio reported a large tree limb down 1 mile east-southeast of Eleva.
September 2022HailEleva-Quarter sized hail fell in Eleva.
September 2015Heavy RainEleva-In Eleva, six inches of rain fell.
May 2013HailEleva-Nickel sized hail and a 55 mph wind gust occurred just outside of Eleva.
May 2013HailEleva-One inch hail and wind gusts to 50 mph were reported in Eleva.
August 2013HailEleva-Quarter sized hail was reported in Eleva.
July 2015HailEleva-no account filed
July 2000HailEleva-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindEleva-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindEleva-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Trempealeau 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
Strum4.5 miles12
Russell10.2 miles12
Elk Creek10.9 miles12
Pleasantville12.2 miles12
Osseo12.9 miles12
Hale13.4 miles12
Independence15.3 miles12
New City (historical)15.7 miles12

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 ElevaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2340669The 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 1564504. 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.