Holcombe, Wisconsin
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Lake Holcombe town. It lies in ZIP code area 54745. The Survey maps it on the Holcombe quadrangle. 239 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,047 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHolcombe fell from 267 to 239 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 | 267 | |
| 2020 | 239 | -28 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 6 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.
- 1951 USGS Cornell quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Holcombe quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Bloomer quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
94 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Holcombe between 1992 and 2020, burning about 147 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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 | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Other causes | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2012 | Other causes | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HISSING SHED FIRE |
| 12 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | CENTENNIAL FIRE |
| 27 July 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 July 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 July 2012 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HOLCOMBE DIKE FIRE |
| 24 June 2005 | Natural | 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
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Holcombe: 2 producers. All of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Bruyette Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Stamper Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
18 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holcombe in 18 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 11 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holcombe | $25,000 | Numerous trees were blown down around Holcombe, Wisconsin. Some trees were very large in diameter, while others were snapped off three to four feet from their bases. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holcombe | $3,000 | A few large trees were blown down or uprooted around Holcombe. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holcombe | - | A storm survey found many dozens of trees (possibly several hundred) were downed, mostly along the north side of Pine Lake and on the east side of Holcombe Flowage, northwest of the village of Holcombe. Some trees landed on sheds, houses, and vehicles. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Holcombe | - | A social media picture of one inch hail was observed near Holcombe. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holcombe | - | A few trees were blown down near Highway 27 and County Road W. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holcombe | - | A few trees were blown down near County Road M and CC. |
| June 2020 | Heavy Rain | Holcombe | - | A measured rainfall report of 2.93 inches occurred over the past 12 hours near Holcombe. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holcombe | - | Several trees were toppled at Pine Point County Park on Lake Holcombe. A pontoon and boat lift were overturned. |
| August 2005 | Hail | Holcombe | - | Quarter sized hail fell in Section 22 of Ruby Township. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Holcombe | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Holcombe | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Holcombe | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Holcombe | - | no account filed |
| September 2012 | Hail | Holcombe | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Holcombe | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Holcombe | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Holcombe | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Holcombe | - | 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 Holcombe | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q9004445 | 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 1566537. 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.




