Gordon, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Gordon town. It lies in ZIP code area 54838. It stands on Eau Claire River. The Survey maps it on the Gordon quadrangle. 145 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,033 feet above sea level.
On record in Gordon
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 2 records
- Antoine and Sarah Gordon Houselisted 2022
- A.D. Thompson Cabinlisted 2022
Population over time
2 figuresGordon fell from 176 to 145 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 | 176 | |
| 2020 | 145 | -31 (-18%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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.
- 1947 USGS Minong quadrangle1:48000
- 1949 USGS Minong quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Minong quadrangle1:62500
- 1980 USGS Solon Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Gordon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
86 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Gordon between 1993 and 2019, burning about 518 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 1997 | Other causes | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | DENALI |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Gordon: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Mix Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| N Flowage Dr Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| N Flowage Dr Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| N Flowage Dr Pit #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gordon in 15 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 8 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gordon | - | A couple of powerlines were down from the storm. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gordon | - | Numerous white spruce and red pine branches were reported down that were around 2 inches in diameter. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gordon | - | A photo was received of a downed tree in Gordon. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Gordon | - | The ground was covered with hail. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Gordon | - | The hail fell for about 10 minutes. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gordon | - | A tree was blown down near Gordon, WI. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gordon | - | Six 12-inch trees were blown down and blocked Highway 35. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Gordon | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Gordon | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Gordon | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Gordon | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Gordon | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gordon | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Gordon | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gordon | - | 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 Gordon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5584778 | 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 1565674. 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.






