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Hatfield, Wisconsin

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Adams town. It lies in ZIP code area 54754. It stands on Davis Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hatfield quadrangle. 176 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 889 feet above sea level.

Hatfield within Jackson County

Population over time

2 figures

Hatfield grew from 141 to 176 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
2010141
2020176+35 (+25%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

116 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Hatfield between 1992 and 2020, burning about 322 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 16 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 burning31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Arson/incendiarism16
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony9
Smoking8
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Fireworks3
Other causes1
Natural1

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
7 September 2013Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesBLUEBIRD
11 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 August 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 August 2018Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGreat Lakes AgencyRED CLOUD
22 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 August 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 August 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hatfield: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Arnt Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Harris PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Smith Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

28 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hatfield in 28 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 12 flood, 7 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1998Flash FloodHatfield$70,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindHatfield$25,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindHatfield$8,000no account filed
September 2010FloodHatfield$5,000The West Arbutus Campground was evacuated as culverts were failing.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindHatfield$5,000no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindHatfield$3,000Several large trees were blown down in Hatfield.
April 2026Tornado (EF1)Hatfield$2,000This tornado developed near the Black River before moving eastward through areas south of Hatfield. Most of the damage from this tornado was to trees, with limited damage to any infrastructure. The tornado then dissipated just northeast of the intersection of County Road K and Old Highway 54.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindHatfield$2,000Trees were blown down near Lake Arbutus.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindHatfield$2,000Trees were blown down in Hatfield.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindHatfield$1,500no account filed
April 2023FloodHatfield-A strong spring storm at the end of March resulted in over an inch of rain falling on a deeper than average snowpack in north-central Wisconsin. The Black River near Hatfield quickly rose above flood stage and crested at 798.83 ft above sea level on April 1st, 1.83 ft above flood stage.
April 2023FloodHatfield-A strong spring storm in the middle of April provided over 20 of snow on a deeper than average snowpack in north-central Wisconsin, quickly followed by anomalously warm temperatures and rapid melting. The East Fork Black River east of Hatfield at East Fork Road rapidly rose above flood stage and crested at 900.13 ft above sea level on April 21st, 1.13 ft above flood stage.
April 2023FloodHatfield-A strong spring storm in the middle of April provided over 20 of snow on a deeper than average snowpack in north-central Wisconsin, quickly followed by anomalously warm temperatures and rapid melting. The Black River near Hatfield rapidly rose above flood stage and crested at 798.89 ft above sea level late on April 20th, 1.89 ft above flood stage.
April 2023FloodHatfield-A strong spring storm at the end of March resulted in over an inch of rain falling on a deeper than average snowpack in north-central Wisconsin. The East Fork Black River east of Hatfield at East Fork Road quickly rose above flood stage and crested at 900.74 ft above sea level on April 3rd, 1.74 ft above flood stage.
October 2023FloodHatfield-Law enforcement reported a washed out roadway near County Road E in Hatfield. Time estimated via radar.
October 2023FloodHatfield-The Black River at Hatfield reached minor flood stage on October 25th, with moderate flooding then ensuing and the river cresting 1.37 feet above flood stage.
April 2019FloodHatfield-Runoff from rain and melting snow pushed the Black River out of its banks near Hatfield. The river crested over four feet above the flood stage at 801.33 feet on April 18th.
February 2017FloodHatfield-Rainfall of a half to one inch, combined with snowmelt runoff, pushed the Black River out of its banks at Hatfield. The river crested just a tenth of a foot above the flood stage at 797.1 feet.
March 2016FloodHatfield-Runoff from heavy rain pushed the Black River out of its banks near Hatfield. The river crested at 797.55 feet, a little over a half foot above the flood stage.
September 2016FloodHatfield-Runoff from heavy rain pushed the Black River out of its banks near Hatfield. The river crested over seven feet above the flood stage at 804.4 feet.
September 2015Heavy RainHatfield-In Hatfield, an estimated four inches of rain fell.
April 2013FloodHatfield-East Fork Road in the Town of Komensky was closed due to flooding caused by an ice jam on the East Fork of the Black River.
July 2008HailHatfield-Law Enforcement reported quarter size hail near Lake Arbutus.
August 2014HailHatfield-no account filed
July 2011HailHatfield-no account filed
May 2008HailHatfield-no account filed
August 2006HailHatfield-no account filed
September 1998HailHatfield-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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
Clay (historical)3.0 miles11
Wrightsville (historical)4.7 miles13
Winnebago Mission4.9 miles13
Merrillan6.4 miles13
Waterbury7.3 miles12
Vaudreuil8.6 miles13
Alma Center9.7 miles13
Black River Falls10.5 miles13

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 HatfieldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q9002240The 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 1566129. 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.