Highland, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Highland town. It lies in ZIP code area 53543. The Survey maps it on the Highland West quadrangle. 874 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Population over time
2 figuresHighland grew from 842 to 874 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 | 842 | |
| 2020 | 874 | +32 (+4%) |
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 Highland West quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Richland Center 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 Highland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 48 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | POMPEY PILLAR |
| 6 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | CTH I FIRE |
| 5 April 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | CAMP ROAD TRACTOR FIRE |
| 5 April 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 April 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 April 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 April 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 13 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 April 2003 | 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 38 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Highland: 18 unknowns, 15 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hackl Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Steppler Farm Prospect | Copper, Zinc, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Clark Mine Group, Copper Prospect | Copper, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Lampe-Eberle Mine | Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1900 | |
| Unnamed Prospect Near Blue River | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Near Blue River | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Cherry Branch | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Highland Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1846 | |
| Red Jacket Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1906 | |
| St.Anthony Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Highland in 19 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 11 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Highland | $100,000 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Highland | $20,000 | Trees down down along Delany St. and Dodgeville St. in Highland. A fallen tree causing substantial damage to the roof of a home. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Highland | $20,000 | Multiple reports of tennis ball sized hail from farmers in NW Iowa County. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Highland | $15,000 | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Highland | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Highland | $2,000 | Powerful thunderstorm wind gusts to around 52 knots (60 mph) toppled saeveral large trees and branches. A power-line was damaged. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Highland | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Highland | - | This tornado spawned off of the same storm that produced the EF-3 tornado near Boscobel, but was clearly of a different track. This EF-1 went through mainly rural areas north to northeast of Highland. The main damage occurred to a farm off of Camp Rd, which was close to the beginning of the path. Mainly tree damage was noted along the rest of the path. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Highland | - | Law enforcement officials reported a hay wagon was blown over by severe thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 65 mph (56 knots). |
| June 2011 | Hail | Highland | - | The report was received from WMTV-15 in Madison. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Highland | - | Law enforcement reported a number of trees blown down by strong thunderstorm wind gusts in and around the village of Highland. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Highland | - | Garbage cans were reported being airborne with large broken tree limbs. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Highland | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Highland | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Highland | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Highland | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Highland | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Funnel Cloud | Highland | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Highland | - | 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 Highland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q938025 | 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 1566387. 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.







