Jim Falls, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Anson town. It lies in ZIP code area 54748. The Survey maps it on the Jim Falls quadrangle. 231 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 955 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresJim Falls fell from 237 to 231 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 | 237 | |
| 2020 | 231 | -6 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1949 USGS Bloomer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Bloomer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Jim Falls quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Bloomer quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
57 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Jim Falls between 1992 and 2020, burning about 78 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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 | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | LaCrosse District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife Refuge | RUNNING S |
| 18 July 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | POWERLINE SPRUCE |
| 19 June 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | S AND J 1 |
| 8 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | CLOVERBELT FIRE |
| 6 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | FELSKE FIRE |
| 6 May 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 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 Jim Falls: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chippewa County Operations | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| J. Dresel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jim Falls in 15 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 8 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Hail | Jim Falls | - | Reported via social media. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Jim Falls | - | Flood waters closed the intersection of Highway K and 170th Street south of Cornell. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jim Falls | - | A few trees were blown down in Jim Falls, Wisconsin. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jim Falls | - | Several large trees blown down across Highway 178. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Jim Falls | - | Hail up to the size of golf balls was reported in Jim Falls and just east of the village. The highway department had to sweep the roads because of all of the leaf debris the hail storm left behind. Crop damage was also reported in the vicinity. Hail damage was reported on cars in Eagle Point and Jim Falls. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jim Falls | - | A downed tree blocked a road. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jim Falls | - | Numerous trees were downed. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jim Falls | - | Trees and powerlines blown down. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jim Falls | - | Campers and trees blown over. Estimated windspeed. |
| September 2016 | Hail | Jim Falls | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Jim Falls | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Jim Falls | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Jim Falls | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Jim Falls | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Jim Falls | - | 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 Jim Falls | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6194915 | 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 1567178. 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.





