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Galesville, Wisconsin

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Gale town. It lies in ZIP code area 54630. It sits by Queen Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Galesville quadrangle. 1,662 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 728 feet above sea level.

Galesville within Trempealeau County

On record in Galesville

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 8 records

Population over time

2 figures

Galesville grew from 1,481 to 1,662 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
20101,481
20201,662+181 (+12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

8 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Galesville between 2018 and 2020, burning about 21 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning2
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
2 June 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19-0471
13 May 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources513192
28 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources428181
26 April 2018Equipment and vehicle use14 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources426181
22 March 2018Smoking5.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18-0190
20 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources320181
19 December 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1219192
17 October 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1017201

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Trempealeau County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Galesville: 15 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Archie Britt Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Archie Britt Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Black River Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Tank Creek Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
A Irvine Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
A Rosenvold Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Blankenhorn Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
C Sahlstrom Dolomite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dereen Farms Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
L Grover Shale QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Trempealeau County

Storms near this place

39 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Galesville in 39 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 17 thunderstorm wind, 16 hail, 3 heavy rain, 1 flash flood. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
July 2019Thunderstorm WindGalesville2 hurt, $50,000Two injuries occurred as severe storms with damaging winds rolled across the southern sections of Trempealeau County. In Galesville, one person was injured by flying glass. Another person was injured when a tree fell on a camper in the Township of Gale. Several buildings were damaged and numerous trees were blown down by the damaging winds.
July 2017LightningGalesville$200,000A lightning strike started an apartment building fire just west of Galesville. Six apartment units were a total loss as a result of the fire.
July 2023HailGalesville$20,000Trained spotter reported tea cup sized hail near Galesville.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindGalesville$20,000no account filed
July 2023HailGalesville$15,000Public reported golf ball sized hail near Galesville.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindGalesville$15,000Farm outbuildings were damaged south of Galesville.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindGalesville$10,000Tree fell on a car. No one was reported injured.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindGalesville$5,000Trees and power lines were blown down in Galesville.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindGalesville$5,000Trees were damaged from the Galesville area northeast toward Ettrick.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindGalesville$3,500no account filed
July 2004HailGalesville$3,000no account filed
May 2017Thunderstorm WindGalesville$2,000Pine trees were snapped east of Galesville.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindGalesville$1,000Trees were blown down onto Highway 53 blocking a lane of traffic.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindGalesville$1,000A thunderstorm wind gust knocked down trees near Galesville.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindGalesville$750no account filed
May 2012Thunderstorm WindGalesville$200A picnic table was flipped over and pea size hail fell in Galesville.
October 2023FloodGalesville-Law enforcement reported an ongoing rescue from a vehicle stuck in high water over the roadway.
October 2023Heavy RainGalesville-A volunteer observer reported 4.84 inches of rainfall near Galesville.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindGalesville-A volunteer observer reported a large fallen tree near Galesville.
April 2022HailGalesville-Quarter sized hail fell in Galesville.
May 2021HailGalesville-Quarter sized hail fell in Galesville.
June 2021HailGalesville-Dime sized hail along with a wind gust of 50 mph occurred near Galesville.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindGalesville-An estimated 60 mph wind gust occurred near Galesville.
June 2020Heavy RainGalesville-Near Galesville, 3.15 inches of rain fell.
June 2013Flash FloodGalesville-Locally heavy rain pushed small creeks out of their banks across southern Trempealeau County. Water over the road caused County Highway T to be closed in several locations north of Galesville.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindGalesville-An estimated 60 mile per hour wind gust occurred in Galesville.
September 2010Heavy RainGalesville-The storm total rainfall amounted to 5.55 inches.
July 2015HailGalesville-no account filed
May 2012HailGalesville-no account filed
June 2010HailGalesville-no account filed
April 2009HailGalesville-no account filed
April 2009HailGalesville-no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindGalesville-no account filed
April 2007HailGalesville-no account filed
July 2006HailGalesville-no account filed
June 2001HailGalesville-no account filed
June 2001HailGalesville-no account filed
June 1997HailGalesville-no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindGalesville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Trempealeau 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
Butman Corners3.0 miles11
Frenchville4.9 miles11
Centerville5.5 miles11
Wrights Corners6.0 miles11
Trempealeau7.2 miles11
Ettrick7.3 miles11
Iduna8.3 miles11
Tamarack8.3 miles11

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 GalesvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1569440The 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 1565380. 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.