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Osseo, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Osseo City. It lies in ZIP code area 54758. It stands on South Fork Buffalo River. The Survey maps it on the Osseo quadrangle. 1,811 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 958 feet above sea level.

Osseo within Trempealeau County

Population over time

2 figures

Osseo grew from 1,701 to 1,811 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,701
20201,811+110 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

27 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Osseo between 1995 and 2020, burning about 89 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesF20-086
7 August 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.8 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesF18-82
17 July 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 May 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 May 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesF18-47
3 May 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 May 1995Debris and open burning2.7 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in Trempealeau County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Osseo: 16 past producers, 11 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
A Kelly Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hangartner Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Melvin Holmen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Osseo Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Riverside Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
A Ellwood Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Arnold Larson Sandstone DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Billy Tibbs Shale QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cottrell Shale & Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
David Ihle Shale DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Trempealeau County

Storms near this place

39 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Osseo in 39 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 15 thunderstorm wind, 14 hail, 6 heavy rain, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2019HailOsseo$900,000Egg sized hail was reported in Osseo. The hail damaged around 300 vehicles at a dealership.
April 2026HailOsseo$375,000The public reported golf ball sized hail in Osseo.
September 2015FloodOsseo$360,000In Osseo, sandbagging was done along the North Fork of the Buffalo River and firemen went door to door to alert residents of flooding along the South Fork of the Buffalo River. The heavy rain also flooded numerous basements throughout town with about 40 structures sustaining minor water damage. The flood waters along the Buffalo River caused the Buffalo River State Trail to be shut down from west of Osseo into Jackson County.
May 2024HailOsseo$27,000The public reported of half dollar to golf ball sized hail 1 mile south of Osseo.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindOsseo$25,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in Osseo. The power outage caused by the downed power lines caused the hospital in Osseo to use an emergency generator for two and a half hours. Some minor structural damage also occurred from the falling trees.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindOsseo$25,000no account filed
April 2011Thunderstorm WindOsseo$20,000A National Weather Service storm survey team reported trees blown down in Osseo. One of the large trees partially fell on a house. A trained spotter reported broken windows and cars dented due to wind blown debris.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindOsseo$10,000Part of a roof was blown off a building and power lines were downed in Osseo.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindOsseo$7,500no account filed
September 2019Thunderstorm WindOsseo$5,000Trees and power lines were blown down in Osseo.
October 2005Thunderstorm WindOsseo$5,000no account filed
July 2011Thunderstorm WindOsseo$4,000Power lines were knocked down in Osseo.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindOsseo$3,500no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindOsseo$1,500no account filed
July 2018Thunderstorm WindOsseo$1,000Trees were blown southwest of town.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindOsseo$1,000A large tree branch was blown down onto power lines in Osseo.
October 2005Thunderstorm WindOsseo$1,000no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindOsseo$300no account filed
October 2023Heavy RainOsseo-A volunteer observer reported 2.46 inches of rainfall in Osseo.
July 2020Funnel CloudOsseo-A funnel cloud was sighted just north of Osseo.
August 2019HailOsseo-Golf ball sized hail fell in Osseo.
June 2018Heavy RainOsseo-In Osseo, the COOP observer measured 4.75 inches of rain.
September 2015Heavy RainOsseo-In Osseo, 6.95 inches of rain fell.
May 2014HailOsseo-Quarter sized hail was reported near Osseo.
May 2014Heavy RainOsseo-In Osseo, 2.6 inches of rain fell.
July 2010HailOsseo-A trained spotter estimated up to two inch diameter size hail two miles east of Osseo.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindOsseo-The fire department estimated wind gusts of 75 miles per hour in the city of Osseo.
July 2010HailOsseo-The fire department and public reported one to one and a quarter inch diameter sized hail in the city of Osseo.
September 2010Heavy RainOsseo-The storm total rainfall amounted to 5.15 inches.
August 2009Heavy RainOsseo-An observer measured 5.93 inches of rain during the preceding 24-hours.
July 2008HailOsseo-A report of quarter sized hail was passed through the media along Interstate 94.
June 2021HailOsseo-no account filed
July 2015HailOsseo-no account filed
October 2006HailOsseo-no account filed
June 2001HailOsseo-no account filed
August 2001Funnel CloudOsseo-no account filed
August 2001Tornado (F0)Osseo-no account filed
March 1998HailOsseo-no account filed
August 1996HailOsseo-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Trempealeau County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Hale7.6 miles12
Strum8.9 miles12
Pleasantville9.2 miles12
Pigeon Falls10.1 miles13
Eleva12.9 miles12
Elk Creek13.6 miles12
Coral City13.6 miles12
Whitehall14.9 miles12

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 OsseoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1569748The 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 1570879. 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.