Merrillan, Wisconsin
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Merrillan Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54754. It stands on South Fork Halls Creek. The Survey maps it on the Merrillan quadrangle. 562 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 932 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMerrillan grew from 542 to 562 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 | 542 | |
| 2020 | 562 | +20 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1924 USGS Black River Falls quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1926 USGS Black River Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Black River Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1984 USGS Merrillan quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Black River Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
91 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Merrillan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 423 acres in total. 3 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 | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2006 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | DUNLAP RD. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
29 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Merrillan in 29 storm reports between 1994 and 2021: 13 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2006 | Hail | Merrillan | $50,000 | no account filed |
| December 2021 | Tornado (EF2) | Merrillan | $10,000 | This EF2 tornado developed in the far northern part of Jackson County north of Merillan and quickly moved northeast into Clark County. Damage was limited to trees. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Merrillan | $9,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Merrillan | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Merrillan | $3,000 | Several large trees were blown down in Merrillan. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Merrillan | $2,500 | A tree was blown down onto a building and the power was out in the Merrillan area. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Merrillan | $2,000 | Trees were blown down across U.S. Highway 12 south of Merrillan. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Merrillan | $2,000 | Trees were blown down in Merrillan. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Merrillan | $2,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down in and around Merrillan. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Merrillan | $1,500 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Merrillan | $1,250 | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Merrillan | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Merrillan | $800 | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Merrillan | $400 | A couple of trees were blown down south of Merrillan near Garage Road. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Merrillan | $400 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Merrillan | - | Runoff from heavy rain caused water to go over numerous roads across the eastern section of Jackson County. |
| May 2013 | Funnel Cloud | Merrillan | - | A funnel cloud was spotted northwest of Merrillan. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Merrillan | - | Quarter sized hail fell in Merrillan. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Merrillan | - | A trained spotter estimated three quarter inch hail in Merrillan. |
| September 2010 | Heavy Rain | Merrillan | - | The storm total rainfall amounted to 5.95 inches. |
| August 2009 | Heavy Rain | Merrillan | - | An observer measured 4.15 inches of rain during the preceding 24-hours. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Merrillan | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Merrillan | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Merrillan | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Merrillan | - | no account filed |
| October 2006 | Hail | Merrillan | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Merrillan | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Merrillan | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Merrillan | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wrightsville (historical) | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Alma Center | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Hatfield | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| North Branch | 8.4 miles | 13 | |
| Winnebago Mission | 8.6 miles | 13 | |
| Clay (historical) | 9.3 miles | 11 | |
| Vaudreuil | 10.1 miles | 13 | |
| Hixton | 10.2 miles | 13 |
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 Merrillan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2563937 | 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 1569372. 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.
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.







