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Iola, Wisconsin

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Iola Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54945. The Survey maps it on the Iola quadrangle. 1,249 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,037 feet above sea level.

Iola within Waupaca County

On record in Iola

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Iola fell from 1,301 to 1,249 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
20101,301
20201,249-52 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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.

In the county-history sources

111 words on this township

History of Waupaca County, Wisconsin, published 1890 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Iola Village covers the township.

Read the chapter on Iola Village - 111 words.

Fires near this place

89 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Iola between 1992 and 2020, burning about 123 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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 burning37
Equipment and vehicle use19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Arson/incendiarism5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking3
Natural2
Fireworks1

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
26 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesKNUTSON RD FIRE
29 August 1992Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesG-GG FIRE
25 August 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 August 1996Debris and open burning1.8 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 August 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesBREKKE LAKE
3 July 2012Fireworksunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesTRESNESS RD.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Waupaca County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Iola: 1 occurrence. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Elm Valley Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Waupaca County

Storms near this place

32 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Iola in 32 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 15 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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
July 2008Thunderstorm WindIola1 hurtStrong winds from thunderstorms caused a tree branch to fall on a tent, injuring a male camper. The man was camped near Iola to take part in the Iola Old Car Show. The strong winds also caused several canopies to break loose, damaging vehicles at the show.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindIola$1,380,000no account filed
June 2017Thunderstorm WindIola$150,000Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees in Iola, including some large trees that were knocked onto houses and power lines.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindIola$100,000Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree, about a foot in diameter, in Iola.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindIola$7,500Thunderstorm winds downed a dozen trees and power lines north of Iola. One of the trees landed on a garage. The time of this event was estimated based on radar data.
May 1996Thunderstorm WindIola$1,000no account filed
July 2023HailIola-Half dollar size hail on the south side of Iola. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindIola-Thunderstorm winds downed several trees near Iola. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindIola-Thunderstorm winds downed several trees near Iola.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindIola-Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees and power lines near Iola.
August 2015HailIola-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail and heavy rain as it passed north of Iola.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindIola-Thunderstorm winds downed tree limbs and power lines in Iola.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindIola-Thunderstorm winds downed multiple 16-inch diameter tree limbs on the south side of the city. The downed limbs blocked State Highway 49.
August 2014HailIola-Nickel size hail fell north of Iola.
August 2014Heavy RainIola-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that flooded farm fields and partially flooded a basement northeast of Iola. A storm spotter four miles northeast of Iola measured 3.25 inches of rain in a 24-hour period.
August 2014HailIola-Penny size hail fell at Iola.
May 2013HailIola-Thunderstorms near Iola produced penny size hail and a measured wind gust of 56 mph.
May 2011HailIola-Quarter size hail fell north of Scandinavia.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindIola-Law enforcement reported that trees were blown down and power knocked out in the town of Iola.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindIola-Thunderstorm winds uprooted several trees near Iola.
July 2007Heavy RainIola-An amateur radio operator measured rainfall of 4.45 inches in a little more than 2 hours. The heavy rain resulted in some street flooding in Iola.
July 2007HailIola-no account filed
July 2007HailIola-no account filed
July 2007HailIola-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindIola-no account filed
July 2004HailIola-no account filed
April 2003HailIola-no account filed
April 2003HailIola-no account filed
May 2002HailIola-no account filed
September 1998HailIola-no account filed
June 1998LightningIola-no account filed
August 1998HailIola-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Waupaca 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
Scandinavia3.3 miles8
Petersville (historical)3.5 miles7
Ogdensburg6.5 miles8
Schmidt Corner6.6 miles7
Granite Quarry (historical)7.1 miles8
Northland7.3 miles7
Sheridan8.5 miles8
Big Falls9.6 miles7

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 IolaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2671397The 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 1566947. 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.