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Holmen, Wisconsin

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Holmen Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54636. It lies near Long Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Holmen quadrangle. 10,661 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 705 feet above sea level.

Holmen within La Crosse County

Population over time

2 figures

Holmen grew from 9,005 to 10,661 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
20109,005
202010,661+1,656 (+18%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 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

15 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Holmen between 2018 and 2020, burning about 7 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
16 July 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources200504
4 June 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19-0479
15 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18-0431
26 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18-0283
26 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18-0284
25 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18-0279
24 April 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19-0363
23 April 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18-0274

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in La Crosse 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 Holmen: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Lacrosse County Highway Dept. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bucklin QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Kings Bluff QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in La Crosse County

Storms near this place

53 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holmen in 53 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 24 hail, 22 thunderstorm wind, 4 lightning, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2020HailHolmen$45,500,000Hail ranging in size from 1 inch upto 2.5 inches in diameter fell in Holmen. Most of the hail was golf ball sized or larger. Between 4,000 and 5,000 homes sustained roof damage from the hail.
May 2022HailHolmen$405,000Up to golf ball sized hail fell in Holmen.
September 2024HailHolmen$254,000The public reported two inch diameter hail near Holmen.
May 2017LightningHolmen$250,000A fire at a care facility in Holmen was started by a lightning strike. The fire was trapped between the ceiling and roof with the building sustaining substantial water and fire damage. All the residents of the care facility were safely evacuated.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindHolmen$40,000A large tree was blown down on a house east of Holmen. Large branches on the tree pierced through the roof allowing water to enter the house.
July 2023HailHolmen$30,000Public reported baseball sized hail near Holmen.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindHolmen$30,000Hundreds of trees were damaged or uprooted in Holmen. Especially hard hit was the Remington Hills subdivision where at least one tree fell on a house. After the storm, over 500 residents were without power.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindHolmen$30,000no account filed
July 2023HailHolmen$20,000Public reported golf ball sized hail near Holmen.
June 2013LightningHolmen$10,000A house in Holmen was struck by lightning. The electrical box, some windows and the roof were damaged.
September 2005Tornado (F1)Holmen$10,000no account filed
December 2021Thunderstorm WindHolmen$5,000Power lines were blown down in Holmen.
July 2006LightningHolmen$3,000no account filed
June 2001HailHolmen$2,500no account filed
June 2014Thunderstorm WindHolmen$2,000Trees were blown down in Holmen.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindHolmen$2,000High winds pushed a shed into a fence in Holmen and blew down some trees.
June 2013LightningHolmen$2,000A couple of power poles were struck by lightning in Holmen.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindHolmen$2,000Power lines and tree branches were blown down near the Holmen Police Department.
June 2008HailHolmen$2,000In addition to the hail, 2.7 inches of rain fell.
June 2001HailHolmen$2,000no account filed
June 2001HailHolmen$1,500no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHolmen$1,000The public reported small tree limbs and shingles blown off near Holmen. The report was relayed via mPING.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindHolmen$1,000Trees were blown down across County Road V and Moe Coulee Road north of Holmen.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindHolmen$1,000no account filed
August 1998Thunderstorm WindHolmen$1,000no account filed
September 2005Thunderstorm WindHolmen$750no account filed
August 2007Thunderstorm WindHolmen$500One 5 inch diameter tree and a 20 foot tall pine were uprooted.
June 2001HailHolmen$500no account filed
July 2024HailHolmen-The public reported quarter sized hail in Holmen.
July 2023HailHolmen-Public reported quarter sized hail near Holmen.
May 2022HailHolmen-Quarter sized hail was reported just southwest of Holmen.
August 2021HailHolmen-Half dollar sized hail was reported east of Holmen.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindHolmen-An estimated 60 mph wind gust occurred in Holmen.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindHolmen-An estimated wind gust of 60 miles per hour occurred in Holmen.
April 2010HailHolmen-A National Weather Service employee estimated three quarter inch hail in Holmen.
September 2010Heavy RainHolmen-The total rainfall amounted to 5.05 inches. Elsewhere in the county, 4.89 inches was measured 2 miles north of Holmen, 4.38 inches fell 5 miles southeast of La Crosse, 3.99 inches fell at the National Weather Service just east of La Crosse, and 3.77 inches fell in West Salem.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindHolmen-NWS employee estimated 60 miles per hour wind gust in Holmen.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindHolmen-Severe thunderstorms thrashed west-central, central, and north-central Wisconsin with damaging winds, large hail up to two inches in diameter, and torrential rain Sunday evening. The violent winds with speeds of at least 65 mph blew over many large trees southeast of Osceola (Polk County); in the Sand Creek, Wilson, Grant, and Otter Creek townships of Dunn County ($50 thousand damage to two barn roofs); in Lubin (Taylor County); in Thorp (Clark County); in Osseo, Whitehall and Blair, all in Trempealeau County (about $100 thousand damage to homes and other buildings); in Dexterville and Nekoosa (Wood County); in Amherst (Portage County); south of Wautoma (Waushara County); 10 miles north of Keshena; and in Holmen (La Crosse County). The powerful thunderstorm winds also blew down power lines at Linwood (Portage County) and Waupaca (Waupaca County).
June 2019HailHolmen-no account filed
July 2017HailHolmen-no account filed
July 2008HailHolmen-no account filed
April 2002HailHolmen-no account filed
June 2001HailHolmen-no account filed
June 2001HailHolmen-no account filed
June 2001HailHolmen-no account filed
June 1998HailHolmen-no account filed
August 1998Thunderstorm WindHolmen-no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindHolmen-no account filed
July 1997Funnel CloudHolmen-no account filed
June 1997HailHolmen-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindHolmen-no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindHolmen-no account filed
September 1994Thunderstorm WindHolmen-no account filed

Every storm recorded in La Crosse 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
Midway2.4 miles13
Brice Prairie2.9 miles13
New Amsterdam3.5 miles13
Lakeview (historical)4.6 miles13
Onalaska5.6 miles17
Sunset Point (historical)5.9 miles13
French Island Village6.2 miles13
Council Bay6.7 miles11

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 HolmenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2761303The 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 1566559. 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.