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Mattoon, Wisconsin

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Mattoon Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54450. It stands on Mud Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mattoon quadrangle. 357 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,276 feet above sea level.

Mattoon within Shawano County

Population over time

2 figures

Mattoon fell from 438 to 357 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
2010438
2020357-81 (-18%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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.

Fires near this place

75 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Mattoon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 86 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning25
Equipment and vehicle use19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
5 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 August 1992Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreMenominee Tribenot named
22 August 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 August 1993Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 August 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 July 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesMULLIGAN FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shawano County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Mattoon: 3 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 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
Ehrenreich Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Keppel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ray Fischer Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Roy Lenzer Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Trout Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Shawano County

Storms near this place

11 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mattoon in 11 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2011Thunderstorm WindMattoon$2,000Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and power lines in Mattoon causing damage to some structures, including the concession stand and dugout at a local ballpark.
June 2007Tornado (EF1)Mattoon$1,000The long-track tornado first touched down about two miles east of Mattoon at 4:31 PM CDT and slowly intensified as it quickly exited the county about three miles east-northeast of Mattoon and moved into Menominee Co. Several trees were knocked down and uprooted (DI 28, DOD 4). This segment of the tornado was rated EF1 with an average path width of 250 yards.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindMattoon-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power poles near Matoon. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
April 2025Tornado (EF0)Mattoon-A tornado developed near Matoon at 10:02 pm CDT, then tracked northeast through Matoon and entering Menominee County at 10:09 pm CDT. The tornado produced damage to some buildings and uprooted trees. Total path length is estimated to be 6.25 miles long, with a width of 65 yards. Peak wind estimated to be around 80 mph.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindMattoon-Thunderstorm winds downed trees in the town of Hutchins. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
October 2018Tornado (EF0)Mattoon-A weak, fast-moving tornado caused only minor tree damage (DI 28, DOD 1-3) on the south side of the village of Mattoon.
June 2013HailMattoon-A thunderstorm produced half dollar size hail as it passed southwest of Mattoon.
September 2010FloodMattoon-Areas of flooding developed across Shawano County due to the heavy rainfall. Minor flooding occurred on the Embarrass River near Embarrass but the river fell below flood stage by early in the morning of the 26th.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindMattoon-A few trees were blown down by straight-line thunderstorm winds.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindMattoon-no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindMattoon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Shawano 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
Almon7.3 miles7
Regina7.6 miles7
Aniwa9.1 miles8
Birnamwood10.1 miles7
Bowler10.2 miles7
Shepley10.3 miles7
Paac Ciinak11.7 miles7
Eland13.0 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 MattoonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2671377The 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 1569128. 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.