Forestville, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Forestville town. It lies in ZIP code area 54213. The Survey maps it on the Forestville quadrangle. 482 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 719 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresForestville grew from 430 to 482 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 | 430 | |
| 2020 | 482 | +52 (+12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Manitowoc quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Manitowoc quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Algoma quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Forestville quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Sturgeon Bay quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Forestville between 2018 and 2020, burning about 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 87 |
| 25 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 101 |
| 30 May 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 85 |
| 17 May 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 78 |
| 5 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 17 |
| 15 April 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 23 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Forestville: 10 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Door Quarry South | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Algoma Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| B Wilke Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Blahnik Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| C Alexander Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| E Kroening Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| F Shestock Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gunnlaugsson Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| H Jacobs Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| O Born Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Forestville in 8 storm reports between 2000 and 2020: 5 hail, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Hail | Forestville | - | Quarter size hail fell in Forestville. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Forestville | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Forestville. |
| March 2008 | Heavy Rain | Forestville | - | Rainfall of 0.72 inch was measured near Forestville for the 24 hours ending on the morning of March 3rd. Most of the rain fell in just a few hours overnight. The rain fell on a deck covered with about 30 inches of snow. The homeowner was beneath the deck, apparently attempting to jack up the sagging structure, when the combined weight of the rain and snow caused it to collapse on him. The man died after being buried in snow and timbers. |
| July 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Forestville | - | Brief touchdown |
| September 2005 | Hail | Forestville | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Forestville | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Forestville | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Forestville | - | 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.
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 Forestville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2170590 | 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 1565146. 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.




