Emerald, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Emerald town. It lies in ZIP code area 54013. The Survey maps it on the Emerald quadrangle. 145 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,152 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresEmerald fell from 161 to 145 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 | 161 | |
| 2020 | 145 | -16 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1950 USGS Deer Park quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Emerald quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Emerald between 2006 and 2020, burning about 20 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18041 |
| 13 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | St. Croix Wetland Management District | DUMPTRUCK FIRE |
| 11 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18033 |
| 22 June 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SMOKEY DITCH FIRE |
| 7 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20017 |
| 7 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18017 |
| 5 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18014 |
| 23 May 2006 | Debris and open burning | 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 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Emerald: 13 past producers, 3 producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francois Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hutton Creek Dolomite Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| South Tiffany Creek Sandstone Site | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| St Croix County Operations | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Wilson Rock & Limestone Emerald Qy | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Bushy Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Carr Creek Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Carr Creek Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Edward Paulus Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Forest Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
7 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Emerald in 7 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 4 hail, 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Hail | Emerald | - | Photo report via Facebook confirmed hail with up to 1.25 inch diameter in Emerald, WI. |
| August 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Emerald | - | A tornado briefly touched down several times as it tracked northward along 250th Street. Vegetation was occasionally torn up and tossed in the air. |
| June 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Emerald | - | A tornado briefly touched down just north of Emerald near the intersection of County Road D and 170th Avenue. It ripped metal from a barn and silo and broke a few trees before lifting. |
| October 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emerald | - | The roof of a barn was blown off near Emerald on Co. Hwy. D south of Hwy. 64. The time was estimated. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Emerald | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Emerald | - | no account filed |
| October 2006 | Hail | Emerald | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Glenwood City | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Cylon | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Dahl | 7.2 miles | 11 | |
| Hersey | 8.7 miles | 11 | |
| Woodville | 9.1 miles | 11 | |
| Erin Corner | 9.5 miles | 12 | |
| Jewett | 9.7 miles | 12 |
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 Emerald | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5370398 | 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 1581627. 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.







