North Freedom, Wisconsin
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1991. It stands in North Freedom Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53951. It stands on Seeley Creek. The Survey maps it on the North Freedom quadrangle. 603 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 879 feet above sea level.
On record in North Freedom
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Steam Locomotive #1385listed 2000
Population over time
2 figuresNorth Freedom fell from 701 to 603 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 | 701 | |
| 2020 | 603 | -98 (-14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 19 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.
- 1901 USGS Denzer quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS North Freedom quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS North Freedom quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS North Freedom NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
107 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of North Freedom between 1992 and 2020, burning about 301 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HAPPY HILL WHEAT |
| 3 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 September 1997 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 August 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 July 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 July 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 July 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 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
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of North Freedom: 6 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Flagstone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Pit # 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Foley Brothers Rock Springs Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Alfred Boyles Flagstone Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Bloss Stone Company Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Illinois Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1904, 1916 | |
| Illinois Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1904 | |
| Sauk Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Sauk Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Freedom in 11 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Freedom | $100,000 | A portion of the Fire Department's roof torn off in North Freedom. A few mobile homes with roof damage. Several trees uprooted and many tree limbs and powerlines down. Some trees down on homes. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Freedom | $25,000 | Numerous reports of multiple trees, limbs, and powerlines downed. The hardest hit areas were from North Freedom to Loganville to Baraboo. There was one report of roof damage to a garage and a chicken coop that was blown over. |
| September 2016 | Flood | North Freedom | $5,000 | The Baraboo River peaked around 22.6 feet on September 25th in Rock Springs. Floodwaters affected Highways DD, 154 and 136 in Rock Springs as well as Busser Park along Highway 136. More specifically highway 136 was closed between highway 33 and highway 154. A portion of highway 154 and DD was closed in Rock Springs. |Water is about 3.5 to 4 feet deep in the baseball diamond in Fireman's Park along Highway DD. Floodwaters affect some businesses, including the Post Office, on Highway 154 in Rock Springs. There was water in basements of some homes. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Freedom | $5,000 | Trees and power lines down. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Freedom | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Freedom | $3,000 | At least six different locations of trees or large branches down on roads. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Freedom | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 2018 | Hail | North Freedom | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | North Freedom | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | North Freedom | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Flood | North Freedom | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaRue | 2.0 miles | 19 | |
| Rock Springs | 3.5 miles | 19 | |
| West Baraboo | 5.3 miles | 19 | |
| Black Hawk Manor | 5.8 miles | 19 | |
| Baraboo | 6.6 miles | 24 | |
| Dellwood | 7.3 miles | 17 | |
| Crawford Crossing | 7.4 miles | 24 | |
| The Courtyards | 7.4 miles | 16 |
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 North Freedom | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3085542 | 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 1570440. 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.






