Ferryville, Wisconsin
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Freeman town. It lies in ZIP code area 54628. It stands on Sugar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ferryville quadrangle. 191 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 646 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresFerryville grew from 176 to 191 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 | 176 | |
| 2020 | 191 | +15 (+9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1903 USGS Waukon quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1929 USGS Ferryville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1932 USGS Ferryville quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Ferryville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Ferryville quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Decorah quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
43 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Ferryville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 267 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | EAGLE RIDGE CAR FIRE |
| 22 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BUCK CREEK |
| 14 May 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 35 AND HOBBS FIRE |
| 9 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 6.5 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BUCK |
| 7 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 April 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 49 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Ferryville: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forte Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Kraemer-Hanson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Manning Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Pedritti Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
25 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ferryville in 25 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 11 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2019 | Flash Flood | Ferryville | $600,000 | Runoff from heavy rains caused flash flooding to occur across the southern portion of Crawford County. State Highway 35 was closed between Prairie du Chien and Ferryville because of debris washed down from the nearby bluffs and onto the road. Extensive damage was done to a road construction project just north of Prairie du Chien. U.S. Highway 61 was also closed just north of the Wisconsin River because of debris from the nearby bluffside. Numerous homes in Prairie du Chien sustained damage from the flooding. Because of the large amount of mud that flowed into parts of the city, some residents were unable to leave their neighborhoods until city crews were able to clear the streets. A state of emergency was declared by the mayor. Creeks went out of their banks near Mt. Zion. |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Ferryville | $25,000 | Highway 35 was closed due to flooding and mudslides. Trains on the nearby tracks were stopped until the tracks were cleared. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Ferryville | $20,000 | A mud slide occurred on County Road B about 4.5 miles from Highway 27. |
| September 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferryville | $15,000 | no account filed |
| September 2024 | Hail | Ferryville | $12,000 | Law enforcement reported golf ball sized hail 3 miles north of Ferryville. |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Ferryville | $10,000 | The public reported Rush Creek Rd under four feet of water. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Ferryville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferryville | $8,000 | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferryville | $6,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down along State Highway 35 from De Soto south toward the Rush Creek area. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferryville | $3,500 | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferryville | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down in Ferryville. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferryville | $2,500 | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Ferryville | $1,200 | no account filed |
| September 2016 | Flash Flood | Ferryville | $1,000 | A landslide pushed a tree onto State Highway 35 south of Ferryville. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferryville | $500 | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Ferryville | - | Heavy rain caused mud slides to occur closing State Highway 35 in several places north of Prairie du Chien to the Vernon County line just south of De Soto. High water covered State Highway 131 between Wauzeka and Stueben. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferryville | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Ferryville | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Ferryville | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Ferryville | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Ferryville | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Ferryville | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Ferryville | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Ferryville | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Ferryville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reed | 3.8 miles | 18 | |
| De Soto | 7.2 miles | 18 | |
| Lynxville | 7.6 miles | 19 | |
| Fairview | 8.5 miles | 10 | |
| Rising Sun | 8.9 miles | 10 | |
| Mount Sterling | 9.5 miles | 10 | |
| Seneca | 9.6 miles | 10 | |
| Towerville | 11.9 miles | 10 |
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 Ferryville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1883376 | 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 1564924. 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.









