Nichols, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Nichols Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54152. The Survey maps it on the Nichols quadrangle. 290 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 791 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresNichols grew from 273 to 290 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 | 273 | |
| 2020 | 290 | +17 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Seymour quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1974 USGS Nichols quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Shawano quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Nichols quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Nichols between 1999 and 2020, burning about 70 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 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 July 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 April 2020 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 5.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 05 |
| 4 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 8 |
| 16 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018009 |
| 28 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 192 |
| 31 October 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 65 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Nichols: 9 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Creek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mapleview Road Dolomite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Nichols Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Briarton Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Briarton Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Elm Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Herman Creek Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Herman Creek Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| J Klement Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Kamineski Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nichols in 4 storm reports between 2017 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nichols | - | Thunderstorm winds downed a barn in Nichols. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nichols | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Nichols. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nichols | - | Thunderstorm winds downed power lines in Nichols. |
| June 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Nichols | - | A tornado formed at 3:40 PM CDT and moved northeast, entering Shawano County 1.4 miles north of Nichols at 3:43 PM CDT. The tornado removed some shingles and siding off a house (DI 2, DOD 2) before strengthening as it continued into Shawano County for another 1.8 miles. The tornado dissipated at 3:45 PM CDT. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cicero | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Leeman | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Black Creek | 5.9 miles | 8 | |
| Seymour | 7.8 miles | 9 | |
| Binghamton | 9.4 miles | 8 | |
| Isaar | 9.5 miles | 9 | |
| Shiocton | 10.2 miles | 8 | |
| Center Valley | 11.1 miles | 8 |
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 Nichols | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2189368 | 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 1570277. 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.




