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Gilman, Wisconsin

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Gilman Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54433. It stands on Babit Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gilman quadrangle. 378 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Gilman within Taylor County

Population over time

2 figures

Gilman fell from 410 to 378 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
2010410
2020378-32 (-8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

105 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Gilman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 347 acres in total. None started naturally. 41 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/incendiarism41
Debris and open burning38
Equipment and vehicle use8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Other causes3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
15 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 July 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 July 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 June 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesCRACKER
2 June 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 May 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Taylor County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Gilman: 6 past producers, 3 occurrences. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Babit Creek Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Diamond Drive Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Elder Creek Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kroeplin Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Krupa Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Penk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Yellow River Gravel Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Zastrow Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Zubal PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Taylor County

Storms near this place

41 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gilman in 41 storm reports between 2000 and 2026: 21 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2002Tornado (F2)Gilman$3,900,000no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindGilman$10,000Gilman fire department reported numerous fallen trees in Gilman, estimated 70 mph wind gusts.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindGilman$10,000A sporadic path of wind damage was found from just outside of Gilman northeast to the Taylor/Price County line near County Road N. The damage consisted of several trees blown down, some of which blocked roads, and a power pole down along Babit Avenue near Gilman.
June 2005Tornado (F0)Gilman$8,000no account filed
April 2026Tornado (EF0)Gilman$3,000This weak EF-0 tornado touched down approximately 3 miles northwest of Gilman and traveled northeast through mainly rural areas. Minor damage occurred to outbuildings and trees over the course of its path.
May 2001HailGilman$2,500no account filed
September 2014Thunderstorm WindGilman$2,000Trees were blown down in Gilman.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindGilman$2,000Thunderstorms winds blew down some power lines and flattened corn near Gilman.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindGilman$2,000Trees were knocked down, including one on a garage.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindGilman$2,000no account filed
May 2001HailGilman$2,000no account filed
August 2005HailGilman$1,500no account filed
July 2002HailGilman$1,500no account filed
September 2002HailGilman$1,500no account filed
July 2011Thunderstorm WindGilman$1,000A severe thunderstorm produced an estimated wind gust of 60 mph blowing down trees along Polley Road west of State Highway 73.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindGilman$1,000Law enforcement reported a power outage in the city of Gilman.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindGilman$1,000Trees down near the intersection of Highway 73 and County M.
August 2000HailGilman$1,000no account filed
June 2014Thunderstorm WindGilman$500Wind gusts up to 60 mph were estimated to occur in Gilman. In addition, a 6 inch diameter tree was blown down onto a power line on County Road X.
June 2025HailGilman-Local fire and rescue reported quarter sized hail 1 mile southeast of Gilman.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindGilman-Local fire and rescue reported wind gusts of 60 to 65 mph near Gilman.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindGilman-Local officials reported downed trees 1 mile northeast of Gilman.
July 2024HailGilman-A trained spotter reported penny sized hail.
July 2023HailGilman-Gilman fire department reported quarter sized hail near Gilman.
May 2022HailGilman-Half dollar sized hail fell west of Gilman.
May 2022HailGilman-Quarter sized hail fell in Gilman.
April 2021HailGilman-Quarter sized hail was reported in Gilman.
July 2020Funnel CloudGilman-A funnel cloud was sighted west of Gilman.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindGilman-A 65 mph wind gust occurred west of Gilman.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindGilman-An estimated 60 mph wind gust occurred in Gilman.
May 2014Heavy RainGilman-In Gilman, 2.1 inches of rain fell.
July 2011FloodGilman-Locally heavy rain produced some standing water that covered some roads in Gilman.
July 2010HailGilman-Hail fell in and around Gilman for about 5 minutes and ranged in size from three quarters of an inch up to 1.25 inches. The emergency manager reported some of the dime sized hail produced a swath of damage about a 1/2 mile wide and 4 miles long. Corn, beans and hay were stripped of their leaves and smashed down. The piles of hail along the roads in this area resembled plowed snow.
August 2007HailGilman-Trained spotters estimated nickel size hail.
May 2022HailGilman-no account filed
April 2021HailGilman-no account filed
April 2017HailGilman-no account filed
July 2014HailGilman-no account filed
July 2014HailGilman-no account filed
July 2011HailGilman-no account filed
June 2005HailGilman-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Taylor 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
Polley1.8 miles7
Hannibal6.0 miles7
Bellinger6.3 miles6
Lublin7.6 miles7
Donald7.6 miles7
Hughey8.0 miles9
Perkinstown10.5 miles9
Maplehurst11.6 miles7

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 GilmanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2222039The 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 1565533. 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.