Gresham, Wisconsin
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Gresham Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54128. It stands on Miller Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gresham quadrangle. 530 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 928 feet above sea level.
On record in Gresham
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 1 record
Lutheran Indian Missionlisted 1980
Population over time
2 figuresGresham fell from 586 to 530 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 | 586 | |
| 2020 | 530 | -56 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Gresham quadrangle1:48000
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Gresham quadrangle1:62500
- 1982 USGS Gresham quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Shawano quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
67 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Gresham between 1992 and 2020, burning about 57 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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 | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 August 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 August 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018131 |
| 5 July 2000 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 Gresham: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gresham Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| O and S Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Shawano County Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Spencer Creek Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gresham in 7 storm reports between 1994 and 2017: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gresham | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gresham | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Gresham | - | A weak tornado briefly touched down in an open field near the Shawano/Menominee County line. The tornado was photographed. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gresham | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees around Gresham. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gresham | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Red Springs Township. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Gresham | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gresham | - | 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 Gresham | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2388718 | 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 1581552. 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.




