Pepin, Wisconsin
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Pepin town. It lies in ZIP code area 54759. It stands on Pepin Prairie. The Survey maps it on the Pepin quadrangle. 731 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 722 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresPepin fell from 837 to 731 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 | 837 | |
| 2020 | 731 | -106 (-13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1932 USGS Wabasha quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Wabasha quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Pepin quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Pepin between 2000 and 2018, burning about 87 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 May 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 83 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018007 |
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 Pepin: 3 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peters Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Tulip Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Bogus Creek Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Charles Serene, Jr. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Deer Island Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Hogechin Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lake Pepin Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Stockholm Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
22 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pepin in 22 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pepin | - | Report of several downed trees near the town of Pepin. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pepin | - | Several trees down across roads in Stockholm and Pepin. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pepin | - | A tree was downed in Pepin. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Pepin | - | Social media showed a picture of hail near baseball size. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Pepin | - | A social media picture indicated 2 inch diameter hail fell in Pepin. Numerous spotters also reported hail as large as 2 inches in Pepin. |
| July 2017 | Heavy Rain | Pepin | - | A local weather observer measured 5.26 inches of rainfall. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Pepin | - | Flood waters caused eight inches of mud to flow over railroad tracks near Pepin, Wisconsin. In addition, County Road N, and Arkansas Road had to be barricaded due to a road that was washed out due to flood waters. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pepin | - | Numerous large trees down. Some 12 inches in diameter. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pepin | - | Large branches and power lines down. |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pepin | - | Large tree branches down. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pepin | - | Numerous trees down. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pepin | - | A 10 mile long swath of damaging winds downed numerous trees. Roof partially off an outbuilding 3 N Pepin. Chimney blown off house and garage pushed off foundation 1 SE Arkansaw. Estimated windspeed. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pepin | - | Roof ripped off school. Estimated windspeed. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Pepin | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Pepin | - | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Hail | Pepin | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Pepin | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Pepin | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Pepin | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Pepin | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Pepin | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pepin | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeport | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Devils Corner | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Hawkins Corner | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Barry Corner | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Stockholm | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Ella | 8.4 miles | 13 | |
| Porcupine | 10.2 miles | 13 | |
| Arkansaw | 14.7 miles | 13 |
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 Pepin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2670057 | 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 1571190. 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.








