Fenwood, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Fenwood Village. The Survey maps it on the Stratford quadrangle. 141 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,296 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresFenwood fell from 152 to 141 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 | 152 | |
| 2020 | 141 | -11 (-7%) |
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.
- 1902 USGS Marathon quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Stratford quadrangle1:48000
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Stratford quadrangle1:62500
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Stratford quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Marshfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Fenwood between 1998 and 2020, burning about 11 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 90220 |
| 27 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 082718B |
| 8 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18009 |
| 5 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 50518 |
| 29 May 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 51118 |
| 28 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 42819 |
| 24 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 42419 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Fenwood: 9 past producers, 9 occurrences. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dead End Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| John Serve Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kratzer Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Rock Creek Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Stratford Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Bradley Granite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Edgar Granite Deposit #3 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Fairview Road Granite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hanneman Granite Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Hilgemann Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fenwood in 5 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 2 hail, 1 lightning, 1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Fenwood | - | A tornado formed at 7:47 pm CDT west of Fenwood in western Marathon County and continued northeast before dissipating at 7:50 pm CDT. Total path length is estimated to be 2.11 miles long, with a width of 60 yards. Peak wind estimated to be around 87 mph. |
| July 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Fenwood | - | A funnel cloud was spotted in southwest Marathon County. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Fenwood | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Lightning | Fenwood | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Fenwood | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wien | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Bradley | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Weber | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Edgar | 5.0 miles | 7 | |
| Stratford | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Swan | 7.1 miles | 12 | |
| March Rapids | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| Schnappsville | 7.4 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 Fenwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2262789 | 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 1564913. 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.







