Houlton, Wisconsin
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1985. It stands in St. Joseph town. It lies in ZIP code area 54082. The Survey maps it on the Stillwater quadrangle. 377 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 873 feet above sea level.
On record in Houlton
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Louis C. and Augusta Kriesel Farmsteadlisted 2009 · 0.9 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresHoulton fell from 386 to 377 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 | 386 | |
| 2020 | 377 | -9 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 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.
- 1948 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Houlton between 2000 and 2020, burning about 31 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 | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Saint Croix National Scenic River | HECKOFADAY |
| 8 May 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 46 |
| 28 April 2003 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 April 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Saint Croix National Scenic River | FOSTERS 1 |
| 14 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 October 2020 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20337 |
| 22 October 2011 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Houlton: 12 occurrences, 6 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moelter Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Moelter Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Bright Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Houlton Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Houlton Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| North Hudson Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| North Hudson Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pete Miller Pit No 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pete Miller Pit and Mill No 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pete Miller's Highway 94 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Houlton in 2 storm reports between 2005 and 2022: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Hudson | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Hudson | 6.2 miles | 18 | |
| Northline | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Burkhardt | 7.1 miles | 14 | |
| Burkhardt Station | 7.4 miles | 14 | |
| Somerset | 7.6 miles | 14 | |
| Sono Junction | 7.7 miles | 12 | |
| Country View Court | 8.7 miles | 14 |
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 Houlton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5913145 | 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 1581648. 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.









