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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.

Pepin within Pepin County

Population over time

2 figures

Pepin 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.

YearPeople Change
2010837
2020731-106 (-13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

3 since 2000

Regional 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/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1

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 May 2016Debris and open burning3.5 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 April 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined83 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018007

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pepin County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Peters QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Tulip QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bogus Creek Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Charles Serene, Jr. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Deer Island Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Hogechin Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lake Pepin Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Stockholm Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Pepin County

Storms near this place

22 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2025Thunderstorm WindPepin-Report of several downed trees near the town of Pepin.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindPepin-Several trees down across roads in Stockholm and Pepin.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindPepin-A tree was downed in Pepin.
August 2023HailPepin-Social media showed a picture of hail near baseball size.
May 2020HailPepin-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 2017Heavy RainPepin-A local weather observer measured 5.26 inches of rainfall.
June 2010Flash FloodPepin-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 2007Thunderstorm WindPepin-Numerous large trees down. Some 12 inches in diameter.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindPepin-Large branches and power lines down.
September 2002Thunderstorm WindPepin-Large tree branches down.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindPepin-Numerous trees down.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindPepin-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 1999Thunderstorm WindPepin-Roof ripped off school. Estimated windspeed.
May 2021HailPepin-no account filed
May 2012HailPepin-no account filed
September 2007HailPepin-no account filed
March 2005HailPepin-no account filed
May 2004HailPepin-no account filed
July 2002HailPepin-no account filed
June 2001HailPepin-no account filed
May 2001HailPepin-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindPepin-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pepin 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
Lakeport1.8 miles15
Devils Corner4.9 miles13
Hawkins Corner5.4 miles13
Barry Corner5.6 miles13
Stockholm6.7 miles13
Ella8.4 miles13
Porcupine10.2 miles13
Arkansaw14.7 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 PepinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2670057The 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.