Gotham, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Buena Vista town. It lies in ZIP code area 53556. It lies near Onion Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Avoca quadrangle. 189 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 715 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresGotham fell from 191 to 189 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 | 191 | |
| 2020 | 189 | -2 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1905 USGS Richland Center quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Muscoda quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Avoca quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Richland Center quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
138 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Gotham between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,882 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 15 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 | 37 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 36 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HAY/133 FIRE |
| 6 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | RINGELSTETTER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Gotham: 3 past producers, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J Johnson Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Mankey Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Haney Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Landon Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Tubbs Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gotham in 5 storm reports between 1994 and 2017: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gotham | $5,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down just south of Gotham. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gotham | $4,000 | Power outages and trees damage were reported. A tree falling on power lines caused a fire in the city of Gotham. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gotham | $500 | Large tree branches were blown down onto power lines in Gotham. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Gotham | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gotham | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Bluffs | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Sextonville | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Lone Rock | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Aubrey | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Orion | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Bear Valley | 7.8 miles | 11 | |
| Ithaca | 8.1 miles | 12 | |
| Keyesville | 8.9 miles | 11 |
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 Gotham | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5587790 | 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 1565683. 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.







