Mount Sterling, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Mount Sterling Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54645. It lies near O'Neil Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Mount Sterling quadrangle. 189 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,184 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMount Sterling fell from 211 to 189 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 | 211 | |
| 2020 | 189 | -22 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 10 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 Gays Mills quadrangle1:62500
- 1926 USGS Gays Mills quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Gays Mills quadrangle1:62500
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Mt. Sterling quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Richland Center quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
47 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Mount Sterling between 1992 and 2018, burning about 129 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 burning | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 July 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 June 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 May 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | NO TILL FIRE |
| 2 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | 4.9 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | TURKEY RIDGE FIRE |
| 2 May 1996 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 May 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 2001 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.1 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Mount Sterling: 2 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Judy Smith Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Mount Sterling Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Mount Sterling Prospect | Copper | Unknown | ||
| Edward Kraemer and Sons, Inc. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Fairview Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Webber Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Seneca | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Gays Mills | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Johnstown | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Bell Center | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Petersburg | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Towerville | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Reed | 7.2 miles | 18 |
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 Mount Sterling | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2612394 | 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 1569847. 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.








