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Fremont, Wisconsin

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Fremont town. It lies in ZIP code area 54940. The Survey maps it on the Readfield quadrangle. 689 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Fremont within Waupaca County

Population over time

2 figures

Fremont grew from 679 to 689 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
2010679
2020689+10 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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.

In the county-history sources

921 words on this township

History of Waupaca County, Wisconsin, published 1890 names this settlement in its chapter on Fremont Town. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

During the Summer of 1852, a band of about 300 Menominee Indians were going down the river in their canoes, bound for Winneconne to procure ammunition. Landing on the marsh, on the east side of the river, a little above Fremont, they met a Chippewa, who was on his way up the river. This Chippewa and Wau-ke-john were not on very good terms, having had some previous difficulty.

Passage source: History of Waupaca County, Wisconsin, published 1890.

Immediately after the murder, the band took the body of their murdered chief into a canoe, and carried it down to where the Village of Fremont is located. Landing on the flat near where the Presbyterian Church now stands, just below the outlet of Partridge Lake, they pitched their tents.

Passage source: History of Waupaca County, Wisconsin, published 1890.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Fremont Town - it names this place 2 more 2 times.

Fires near this place

101 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Fremont between 1992 and 2020, burning about 204 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 2 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 burning35
Equipment and vehicle use23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes2
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1
Smoking1

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
30 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.2 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 September 2012Natural2.8 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesSLOUGH RD.
7 August 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesHIGHWAY 96
6 August 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesBOO BOO
6 August 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesEAST
6 August 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesYOGI
6 August 2009Equipment and vehicle use1.8 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesWEST
28 August 2011Debris and open burning1.5 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesSEEFELD RD.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Waupaca County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Fremont: 2 producers. All of them still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Klemp QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Readfield QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Waupaca County

Storms near this place

21 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fremont in 21 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 10 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 tornado, 2 lightning. 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
June 2021LightningFremont$250,000Lightning struck a house on Highway 110 in Fremont during the late evening hours, causing it to burn to the ground.
April 2022HailFremont-Penny size hail fell in Fremont.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindFremont-Thunderstorm winds peeled roofing upwards across a metal storage system near Fremont. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
May 2021HailFremont-Nickel size hail fell in Fremont.
April 2020HailFremont-Quarter size hail fell in Fremont. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindFremont-Thunderstorm winds downed three trees in Fremont. The time of this report was estimated based on radar data.
September 2012HailFremont-Nickel size hail fell in Fremont. The hail covered the ground.
September 2012HailFremont-Quarter size hail fell northeast of Fremont.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindFremont-Thunderstorm winds downed trees, snapped a light pole, and knocked out power in Fremont.
April 2011Tornado (EF1)Fremont-The tornado that formed near Saxeville moved into Waupaca County at 7:20 pm CDT (1820 CST) southwest of Fremont. Several farm buildings were impacted by the tornado in addition to many trees. Near Readfield, a barn was lifted and rolled off its foundation (DI 1, DOD 7). A poorly anchored house roof, which overhung the house walls, was completely removed with debris strewn nearly 1/4 mile to the northeast (DI 2, DOD 6; lower values). The average width was 100 yards. The tornado moved into Outagamie County at 7:32 pm CDT (1832 CST).
July 2010Thunderstorm WindFremont-Straight line winds gusting to 80 to 90 mph produced significant wind damage north and northeast of Fremont. Damage was noted on County Road H, Purri Road and Martin Road. Trees were snapped off or uprooted in an area 50 yards wide by 150 yards long.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindFremont-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindFremont-no account filed
September 2005Thunderstorm WindFremont-no account filed
May 2004HailFremont-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindFremont-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindFremont-no account filed
June 1998LightningFremont-no account filed
March 1998HailFremont-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindFremont-no account filed
July 1994Tornado (F0)Fremont-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Waupaca 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
Red Banks1.2 miles8
Gills Landing3.1 miles7
Evanswood4.1 miles7
Readfield5.1 miles8
North Readfield5.4 miles8
Weyauwega5.6 miles7
Hatton (historical)6.6 miles7
Shaw Landing7.9 miles8

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 FremontAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2671477The 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 1565299. 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.