Gilmanton, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Gilmanton town. It lies in ZIP code area 54755. It stands on Elk Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gilmanton quadrangle. 155 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 781 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1932 USGS Gilmanton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Gilmanton quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Winona quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Gilmanton between 2018 and 2020, burning about 17 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 13 |
| 7 November 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 51 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Gilmanton: 11 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lookout Valley Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Marum Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Anderson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Edward Kraemer & Sons, Inc., | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Fisken Valley Shale Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hewitt Loomis Shale Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Highway Side Shale Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| K. A. Hovey Shale Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lost Ridge Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Many Hills Shale Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gilmanton in 12 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gilmanton | $12,000 | Around a dozen power poles were blown down in Gilmanton. |
| August 2016 | Flood | Gilmanton | $10,000 | Flood waters from Elk Creek seeped into some of the same houses that were affected by flooding in the August 11th event. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gilmanton | $3,000 | Multiple trees were blown down in Gilmanton. |
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | Gilmanton | $2,000 | Runoff from heavy rain pushed Hadley and Elm Creeks out of their banks with the flood waters going over State Highway 88, County Road B and Sand Road near Gilmanton. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Gilmanton | - | The public reported quarter sized hail in Gilmanton. |
| October 2023 | Heavy Rain | Gilmanton | - | A volunteer observer reported 2.16 inches of rainfall near Gilmanton. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Gilmanton | - | Quarter sized hail fell near Gilmanton. |
| August 2016 | Flood | Gilmanton | - | County Highway B was closed between Sand Road and State Highway 88 northwest of Gilmanton when flood waters from Elk Creek went over the road. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Gilmanton | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Gilmanton | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Gilmanton | - | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gilmanton | - | 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.
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 Gilmanton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5562483 | 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 1565537. 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.





