Newald, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Ross town. It lies in ZIP code area 54511. The Survey maps it on the Newald quadrangle. 70 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,572 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresNewald fell from 95 to 70 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 | 95 | |
| 2020 | 70 | -25 (-26%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1939 USGS Laona quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Laona quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Newald quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
13 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Newald between 1992 and 2020, burning about 22 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | HWY O |
| 8 July 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | BIG MAC |
| 7 July 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | VAN ZILE LAKE |
| 1 June 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | POPPLE |
| 7 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | not named |
| 4 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | 8.5 acres | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | HUCK |
| 13 May 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | CEMETARY |
| 11 May 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | TRAILER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Newald: 7 occurrences, 6 past producers. None of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Line Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Highline Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Highline Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hillside Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Little Popple River Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Newald Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Oldtime Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Popple River Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Ross Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| S Br Popple River Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
4 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newald in 4 storm reports between 1999 and 2016: 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2016 | Hail | Newald | - | Penny to nickel size hail fell as a thunderstorm passed through Newald. |
| September 2002 | Hail | Newald | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newald | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Newald | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Popple River | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Cavour | 7.2 miles | 10 | |
| Argonne | 10.7 miles | 11 | |
| Laona | 12.1 miles | 9 | |
| Wisconsin Junction | 12.3 miles | 11 | |
| Blackwell Junction | 14.5 miles | 9 | |
| Hiles | 14.6 miles | 11 | |
| Armstrong Creek | 14.8 miles | 9 |
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 Newald | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q9049791 | 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 1580002. 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.





