Linden, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Linden Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53553. It stands on Peddler Creek. The Survey maps it on the Linden quadrangle. 504 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,099 feet above sea level.
On record in Linden
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 2 records
Linden Methodist Churchlisted 1978- Linden High Schoollisted 1993
Population over time
2 figuresLinden fell from 549 to 504 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 | 549 | |
| 2020 | 504 | -45 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1902 USGS Mineral Point quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1952 USGS Linden quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Dubuque North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Linden between 2009 and 2020, burning about 105 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 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 5844 |
| 20 May 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 100 acres | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | BLOCKHOUSE |
| 28 April 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 42818 |
| 7 February 2020 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2020021 |
| 15 January 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 734 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 196 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 196 workings within 5 miles of Linden: 149 past producers, 40 unknowns, 3 producers, 2 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Lead, Zinc, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Advance Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Linden Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Along East Pecat | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Along East Pecat | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Ivey Construction Co. Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Johnston Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Kurth Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Masters Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Stephens Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Linden in 5 storm reports between 1997 and 2016: 4 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2000 | Hail | Linden | $500,000 | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linden | $70,000 | Eleven power poles snapped on highway 39 between Linden and county B. Numerous trees and branches down in the same area. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linden | $50,000 | The Iowa County Emergency manager reported damage from severe thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 70 knots (80 mph) in a 5-mile wide swath from south of Linden to south-southwest of Dodgeville. The damaging winds blew the roof off of a cattle barn south of Dodgeville and knocked over a grain bin. Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down by the powerful winds. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linden | $30,000 | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linden | - | Emeregency management officials reported large trees uprooted by severe thunderstorm wind gusts in the VIllage of Linden. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edmund | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Cobb | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Mifflin | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Mineral Point | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Dodgeville | 8.1 miles | 14 | |
| Rewey | 8.3 miles | 14 | |
| Highland | 10.5 miles | 10 | |
| Jonesdale | 13.8 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 Linden | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2671389 | 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 1568132. 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.






