Hawkins, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Hawkins town. It lies in ZIP code area 54530. It stands on Stony Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hawkins quadrangle. 331 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,342 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHawkins grew from 305 to 331 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 | 305 | |
| 2020 | 331 | +26 (+9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1941 USGS Kennan quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Kennan quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Hawkins quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Park Falls quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
32 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Hawkins between 1992 and 2019, burning about 90 acres in total. 1 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 | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | GREEN GRASS |
| 17 June 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2004 | Debris and open burning | 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
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Hawkins: 11 past producers, 10 occurrences. None of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cliff Edge Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Craters Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Creek Bend Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Creeking Creek Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Crestside Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Double Branch Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hawkins Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Lake Laverne Sand Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Lake Laverne Sand Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Lakeshore Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hawkins in 16 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 9 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2011 | Flash Flood | Hawkins | $50,000 | Two county roads were washed out in far eastern Rusk County due to excessive rainfall of two to four inches in less than 2 hours. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawkins | - | Several reports were received near the town of Hawkins, WI that trees and powerlines were downed by strong thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawkins | - | A NWS Storm Survey indicated that straight-line winds, up to 80 mph, occurred in a small part of far northeast Rusk County. Based on the survey, the damage path that occurred in Sawyer County, continued along the path into far northeast Rusk County. There were reports of numerous large trees blown down across this area. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawkins | - | Several trees and power lines were blown down. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawkins | - | Severe wind gusts caused trees to be blown down near Hawkins, Wisconsin. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawkins | - | Trees were downed. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawkins | - | Scattered trees toppled. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawkins | - | Few trees down. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawkins | - | Estimated winds, several trees down. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Hawkins | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Hail | Hawkins | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Hawkins | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Hail | Hawkins | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Hawkins | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Hawkins | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawkins | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Estates | 0.5 miles | 9 | |
| Ingram | 5.0 miles | 7 | |
| Glen Flora | 9.3 miles | 8 | |
| Tony | 14.6 miles | 8 | |
| Sheldon Estates | 18.7 miles | 7 | |
| Sheldon | 18.9 miles | 7 | |
| Conrath | 19.1 miles | 7 | |
| Ladysmith | 20.7 miles | 7 |
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 Hawkins | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2232746 | 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 1566157. 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.





