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Park Falls, Wisconsin

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Park Falls City. It lies in ZIP code area 54552. The Survey maps it on the Park Falls quadrangle. 2,410 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,516 feet above sea level.

Park Falls within Price County

On record in Park Falls

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Park Falls fell from 2,462 to 2,410 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
20102,462
20202,410-52 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

106 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Park Falls between 1992 and 2020, burning about 85 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 9 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 burning32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Equipment and vehicle use14
Arson/incendiarism9
Other causes8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural3
Fireworks1
Smoking1

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
4 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 September 1996Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 August 2007Arson/incendiarism3.9 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 July 1994Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 July 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Price County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Park Falls: 13 past producers, 1 occurrence. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Blockhouse Lake Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Burtle Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Butternut Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Fifield Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Krucky Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lakeshore Drive Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Maple Ridge Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Old 182 Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Park Falls Gravel Pit # 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Park Falls Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Price County

Storms near this place

56 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Park Falls in 56 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 34 hail, 21 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2023Thunderstorm WindPark Falls$5,000A tree was downed onto a car near Park Falls.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindPark Falls$4,000Trees were blown down.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindPark Falls$4,000Trees were blown down onto power lines near Butternut Lake.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindPark Falls$3,000Several trees and a power line were blown down.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindPark Falls$2,000Several trees were blown down.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindPark Falls-Price County dispatch reported multiple trees down in the area.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindPark Falls-A few 3 inch diameter tree limbs were broken.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindPark Falls-A spotter using an anemometer recorded multiple gusts to 60 mph as the storm was moving in.
August 2015HailPark Falls-There was hail a little bit larger than the size of quarters.
September 2014HailPark Falls-There was nickel to quarter size hail.
September 2014HailPark Falls-There was quarter size hail increasing to ping pong ball size hail. It was still hailing at the time of the report.
September 2014HailPark Falls-There was a lot of quarter size hail.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindPark Falls-There was an 8 to 10 inch diameter tree broken. The location was corrected.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindPark Falls-There were 12 to 14 inch diameter trees down across Kley Road northwest of Park Falls.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindPark Falls-Twelve to 14 inch diameter trees were blown down across County Road E.
September 2011HailPark Falls-Hail was accompanied by strong, gusty winds.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindPark Falls-A tree was blown down on a power line about a half mile south of Park Falls.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindPark Falls-Trees were blown down.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindPark Falls-Trees were blown down in the Park Falls, Fifield, and Kennan areas.
July 2006HailPark Falls-Along with the hail there were damaging winds that blew down power lines.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindPark Falls-Several large trees were blown down.
June 2005HailPark Falls-The hail fell at the intersection of Highway 13 and County Road E.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindPark Falls-Trees were blown down onto State Highway 13.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindPark Falls-Trees and power lines were blown down near Pike Lake along Shady Knoll Road.
June 2005HailPark Falls-Hail fell at the intersection of Highway 70 and Price Lake Road.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindPark Falls-Trees were blown down.
June 2005Tornado (F0)Park Falls-A tornado briefly touched down over Butternut Lake.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindPark Falls-Trees were blown down.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindPark Falls-Shingles were torn off homes. Wind speed is estimated.
July 1995HailPark Falls-Hail from 1.25 to three inches in diameter fell in and around Fifield between 1624 and 1635CST. An automobile dealership sustained $550 thousand worth of damage to inventory.
July 1995HailPark Falls-Hail from 1.25 to three inches in diameter fell in and around Fifield between 1624 and 1635CST. An automobile dealership sustained $550 thousand worth of damage to inventory.
June 2021HailPark Falls-no account filed
July 2020HailPark Falls-no account filed
July 2020HailPark Falls-no account filed
July 2020HailPark Falls-no account filed
August 2018HailPark Falls-no account filed
June 2016HailPark Falls-no account filed
September 2012HailPark Falls-no account filed
April 2011HailPark Falls-no account filed
May 2010HailPark Falls-no account filed
June 2008HailPark Falls-no account filed
June 2008HailPark Falls-no account filed
June 2005HailPark Falls-no account filed
June 2005HailPark Falls-no account filed
June 2005HailPark Falls-no account filed
April 2004HailPark Falls-no account filed
August 2004HailPark Falls-no account filed
September 2002HailPark Falls-no account filed
April 2002HailPark Falls-no account filed
April 2002HailPark Falls-no account filed
June 2001HailPark Falls-no account filed
July 2000HailPark Falls-no account filed
July 2000HailPark Falls-no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindPark Falls-no account filed
April 1994HailPark Falls-no account filed
April 1994HailPark Falls-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Price 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
Lymantown0.6 miles11
Fifield3.9 miles11
Kaiser (historical)6.1 miles9
Coolidge (historical)8.7 miles11
Lugerville11.5 miles10
Kennedy11.6 miles12
Phillips16.6 miles10
Cranberry Lake20.9 miles10

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 Park FallsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1569810The 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 1571039. 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.