Knapp, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Knapp Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54749. It stands on North Branch Wilson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Knapp quadrangle. 478 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Population over time
2 figuresKnapp grew from 463 to 478 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 | 463 | |
| 2020 | 478 | +15 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 11 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.
- 1946 USGS Knapp quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Knapp quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Knapp quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Hastings quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Hastings quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Knapp between 2003 and 2020, burning about 21 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2020022 |
| 13 May 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.4 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Knapp: 10 occurrences, 9 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annis Creek Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wilson Creek Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wilson Creek Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wilson Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Wilson Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| C. Mittlestadt Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Gilbert Creek Dolomite Deposit #2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Gilbert Creek Dolomite Deposit #3 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Grant Styer Dolomite Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Hay Creek Dolomite Deposit #1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
6 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Knapp in 6 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knapp | $3,000 | Several large trees were blown down near Knapp. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knapp | - | A few trees and power lines were down in the area near US-12 and CR K. |
| May 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Knapp | - | Numerous trees were broken, including at a homestead east of Knapp. Maximum winds were estimated at 80 mph. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Knapp | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Knapp | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knapp | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boyceville | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Downing | 7.0 miles | 12 | |
| Hatchville | 7.4 miles | 11 | |
| Menomonie Junction | 8.5 miles | 12 | |
| North Menomonie | 8.6 miles | 12 | |
| Weston | 9.9 miles | 11 | |
| Menomonie | 9.9 miles | 12 | |
| Cedar Falls | 10.2 miles | 12 |
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 Knapp | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2222052 | 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 1567560. 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.








