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Patch Grove, Wisconsin

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Patch Grove Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53817. The Survey maps it on the Bloomington quadrangle. 201 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,112 feet above sea level.

Patch Grove within Grant County

Population over time

2 figures

Patch Grove grew from 198 to 201 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
2010198
2020201+3 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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.

In the county-history sources

4,315 words on this township

History of Grant County, Wisconsin, published 1881 names this settlement in its chapter on Patch Grove Village. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

This town, as at present constituted, embraces portions of Townships 5 and 6, Range 5 west, and is in area somewhat less than a Congressional township. It is surrounded by the towns of Miilville, Mt. Hope, Little Grant. Bloomington and Wyalusing. Patch Grove, when first apportioned off as a township, contained much more territory, as will be seen by the following taken from the records of the Board of Supervisors for the extra session of 1848, when it was enacted that " all that district of country in Grant County embraced in Townships 6 and 7 north, of Range 4 west ; also Townships 5, 6 and 7 north, of Range 5 west ; also Townships 5 and 6 north, of Range 6; also fractional Townships 5 and 6 north, of Range 7 west of the Fourth Principal Meridian, shall constitute a separate township, to be called Patch Grove." This territory has since been changed and divided, until it has assumed its present shape and proportions.

Passage source: History of Grant County, Wisconsin, published 1881.

The first settler in the original township of Patch Grove was Page Blake, from whom the prairie stretching away to the north and west took its name, and mention of whom has been made in the Bloomington history, as well as other places in this work. The first settlers in the present township were Moses Hicklin and John Thompson. The former had been living at Cassville, and at the termination of the Black Hawk war moved out onto the prairie, where he located a claim, on which he resided up to the time of his death. John Thompson was formerly a soldier stationed at Prairie du Chien. He left the army at the close of tbis struggle, and came to settle upon this broad, fertile prairie. In 1835, Charles Blunt came, and afterward settled on Section 17. At that time the only houses between Blunt and Wingville were Hicklin's, Thompson's and the cabin of Ben Forbes, who was located on the farm at present occupied by James Davis.

Passage source: History of Grant County, Wisconsin, published 1881.

The first house built in the present village of Patch Grove was erected by Mr. Enos P. Finn in 1843. It was a frame structure afterward used as a tavern by James Forshay, and kept as such by him for many years. It is still standing in the south part of the village, west of the Wisconsin House, a well-worn relic whose sunken lines and weather-beaten walls carry the memory back through the long vista, to the time when the present populous prairies were an abode for wolves and foxes. The land on which the west half of the village stands was entered by Robert C. Orr, and by him was sold to Enos P. Finn ; this was the east half of the northeast quarter of Section 4 ; among the articles of dicker in the trade is mentioned an " old gray mare," which was transferred to Mr. Orr; whether she proved afterward " the better horse," is not stated. This land was laid out into village lots by Mr. Finn, but the plot was never recorded. The first shop in the new village was a smithy built by Francis Brady, who started in business on the ground now occupied by the Wisconsin House, soon after the laying out of the town

Passage source: History of Grant County, Wisconsin, published 1881.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Patch Grove Village - it names this place 7 more 7 times.

Fires near this place

14 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Patch Grove between 1994 and 2020, burning about 26 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 burning5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
16 August 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesDRY HOLLOW FIRE
18 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources12A2020
3 May 2003Debris and open burning1.1 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 April 2001Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 April 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesMILLVILLE HOLLOW
23 April 2018Equipment and vehicle use19 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesCOTTONWOOD
2 April 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 April 1994Equipment and vehicle use2.4 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grant County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Patch Grove: 2 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Charlie White QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Finn QuarryStoneUnknown
Finn QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Kirschbaum QuarryStoneUnknown

Every working recorded in Grant County

Storms near this place

19 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Patch Grove in 19 storm reports between 1999 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 flash flood, 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
June 2008Flash FloodPatch Grove$1,200,000Highways 35 and 18 were closed due to mudslides and debris. Trees were even being knocked down by the slides.
September 2012Tornado (EF2)Patch Grove$420,000A slow moving tornado formed on the edge of a passing severe thunderstorm between Patch Grove and Bloomington. The tornado was mainly confined to one landowner near Hickory and Maine Roads in rural Grant County. Several outbuildings, a barn, and the home were demolished or heavily damaged. Trees on the property were also sheared off or blown over. Considering the roof was torn off and several walls were down or damaged, the tornado was rated an EF2 but it's possible the slow movement allowed the tornado to remain nearly stationary long enough to cause worse damage. Interviews by local residents and video evidence suggests the tornado may have moved to the northwest at times as well.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindPatch Grove$20,000A barn was blown down near Bloomington.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindPatch Grove$15,000no account filed
September 2012HailPatch Grove$5,000Half dollar sized hail fell southeast of Patch Grove causing damage to a vehicle.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindPatch Grove$2,000Power lines were blown down in Patch Grove.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindPatch Grove$2,000Trees were blown down in Patch Grove.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindPatch Grove$1,500no account filed
September 2001Thunderstorm WindPatch Grove$500no account filed
April 2026HailPatch Grove-A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail in Patch Grove.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindPatch Grove-A 65 mph gust occurred in Patch Grove.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindPatch Grove-A 63 mph wind gust occurred in Patch Grove.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindPatch Grove-An 80 mph wind gust occurred in Patch Grove.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindPatch Grove-An estimated 70 mph wind gust occurred in Patch Grove.
May 2014HailPatch Grove-Quarter sized hail was reported in Patch Grove.
June 2006HailPatch Grove-no account filed
June 2006HailPatch Grove-no account filed
May 2000HailPatch Grove-no account filed
May 1999HailPatch Grove-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Grant 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
Brodtville4.0 miles12
Bloomington4.6 miles16
Mount Hope6.3 miles15
Millville6.8 miles10
Bagley7.3 miles12
North Andover8.6 miles16
Wyalusing9.0 miles14
Glen Haven9.4 miles13

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 Patch GroveAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q593657The 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 1571075. 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.