Friesland, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Randolph town. It lies in ZIP code area 53935. The Survey maps it on the Randolph quadrangle. 320 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,007 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresFriesland fell from 356 to 320 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 | 356 | |
| 2020 | 320 | -36 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1955 USGS Randolph quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Randolph quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wisconsin Dells quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Wisconsin Dells quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
101 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Friesland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 172 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 31 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | CO M |
| 10 August 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 July 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 June 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 June 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 June 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 June 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | RAINY NIGHT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Friesland: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cupery Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Friesland in 14 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Friesland | $35,000 | The roof and walls of barn collapsed. Some damage to the roof and walls of a home. |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Friesland | $20,000 | Street and road flooding in portions of the county including in Pardeeville, Lodi, and water flowing over County Highway P near Cambria. Lowland flooding throughout the area. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Friesland | $20,000 | Minor house damage, a car blown into the ditch, and multiple large trees snapped at the trunk or uprooted. A wind turbine measured a 106 mph wind gust. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Friesland | $5,000 | Multiple large tree limbs down across Randolph. |
| October 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Friesland | $3,000 | Powerful thunderstorm winds toppled trees and power-lines, and ripped off the roof of a tin shed. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Friesland | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Friesland | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Friesland | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Friesland | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Friesland | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Friesland | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Friesland | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Friesland | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Hail | Friesland | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Friesland | 1.4 miles | 10 | |
| Cambria | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Ingle | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Randolph | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Belle Fountain | 10.5 miles | 12 | |
| Marcellon | 10.6 miles | 12 | |
| Englewood | 11.0 miles | 9 | |
| Doylestown | 11.9 miles | 9 |
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 Friesland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2673754 | 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 1565337. 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.





