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Frederic, Wisconsin

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Frederic Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54837. The Survey maps it on the Frederic quadrangle. 1,154 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,214 feet above sea level.

Frederic within Polk County

On record in Frederic

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Frederic grew from 1,137 to 1,154 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
20101,137
20201,154+17 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 13 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

82 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Frederic between 1992 and 2019, burning about 117 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use16
Smoking5
Other causes4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1
Fireworks1

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
29 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesHIGHWAY 48
6 August 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 August 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 July 2009Fireworksunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesDIAMOND LAKE 3
24 July 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 42 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 42 workings within 5 miles of Frederic: 23 occurrences, 17 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper. 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
Nd Unnamed Prospect Near LewisCopperOccurrence
Unnamed Prospect Near LewisCopperOccurrence
Unnamed Prospect Near LewisCopperOccurrence
Unnamed Prospect Near LewisCopperOccurrence
Unnamed Prospect Near Rice LakeCopperOccurrence
Unnamed Prospect Near Rice LakeCopperOccurrence
Unnamed Prospect Near Round LakeCopperOccurrence
Unnamed Prospect Near Round LakeCopperOccurrence
Unnamed Prospect Near Young LakeCopperOccurrence
Unnamed Prospect Near Young LakeCopperOccurrence

Every working recorded in Polk County

Storms near this place

19 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Frederic in 19 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail. 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
May 2012Thunderstorm WindFrederic$20,000Several thunderstorms moved across northern Polk County between Frederic and Clam Falls and caused a few trees to be uprooted, along with several power poles blown down. In addition, one tree landed on a home, with others blocking county and state roads.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindFrederic$15,000A 40 foot diameter tree was blown down near Frederic. The city lost power due to power lines blown down.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindFrederic$500A large tree blew down and landed on County Road L.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindFrederic-Report of trees down in the village of Frederic.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindFrederic-A delayed report was received of a tree down on the roadway.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindFrederic-A tree was blown down on County Road W, near 34th Avenue in West Sweden.
July 2008HailFrederic-Hail covered the ground.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindFrederic-Few trees down.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindFrederic-Tree downed. Power lines felled by falling trees or branches.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindFrederic-Power lines down. Estimated windspeed.
May 2022HailFrederic-no account filed
May 2012HailFrederic-no account filed
June 2001HailFrederic-no account filed
August 2000HailFrederic-no account filed
August 2000HailFrederic-no account filed
May 1998HailFrederic-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindFrederic-no account filed
May 1996HailFrederic-no account filed
May 1996HailFrederic-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Polk 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
West Sweden3.6 miles13
Lewis4.9 miles13
Luck5.8 miles13
West Denmark6.6 miles16
Atlas6.8 miles16
Clam Falls9.4 miles13
Milltown9.4 miles16
Cushing11.5 miles16

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 FredericAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2101032The 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 1565283. 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.