Poplar, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Poplar Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54864. The Survey maps it on the Poplar quadrangle. 629 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 981 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresPoplar grew from 603 to 629 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 | 603 | |
| 2020 | 629 | +26 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1949 USGS Poplar quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Poplar quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Port Wing quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
62 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Poplar between 1992 and 2020, burning about 26 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Other causes | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 August 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | AUTIO FIRE |
| 5 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SKUNK FIRE |
| 23 July 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MOWER FIRE |
| 12 July 1998 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | TENNIS COURT |
| 17 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | PETERSON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Poplar: 9 past producers, 6 occurrences, 3 producers, 2 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Copper, Zinc, Nickel, Silver, Gold, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amnicon Falls Station Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Chippewa Copper-Nickel Mine | Nickel, Silver, Gold, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Martinson Clay & Gravel Pit | Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Stupac Pit | Stone | Producer | ||
| Chippewa Copper-Nickel Mine | Copper, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| North Wisconsin | Copper | Unknown | Copper | |
| Unnamed Prospect Near Lakeside Ce | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Near Lakeside Cemetary | Copper, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Anthony Jacksino Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Berg Park Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Poplar in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Poplar | - | A few trees were knocked down. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Poplar | - | A large tree about 24 inches in diameter was blown down onto a fence. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Poplar | - | Several structures were damaged. Shingles were peeled off and soffits were uplifted. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Poplar | - | The hail fell for 5 minutes. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Poplar | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Poplar | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Poplar | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wentworth | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| Dobie | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Maple | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Amnicon Falls | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Middle River | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Rockmont | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Hines | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Hawthorne | 6.5 miles | 8 |
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 Poplar | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2680773 | 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 1571768. 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.




