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Princeton, Wisconsin

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Princeton City. It lies in ZIP code area 54968. The Survey maps it on the Princeton East quadrangle. 1,267 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 771 feet above sea level.

Princeton within Green Lake County

On record in Princeton

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Princeton grew from 1,214 to 1,267 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
20101,214
20201,267+53 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

185 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 185 fires within 5 miles of Princeton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 648 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 18 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 burning76
Equipment and vehicle use38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Arson/incendiarism18
Fireworks5
Other causes4
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 1996Debris and open burning1.7 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 August 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 August 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesD MARSH FIRE
13 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesYY FIRE
6 July 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesROEDER ROAD PILE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Green Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Princeton: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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
Kepe PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Green Lake County

Storms near this place

33 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Princeton in 33 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 14 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 3 flood, 2 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 2008Thunderstorm WindPrinceton$20,000Powerful thunderstorm wind gusts toppled large trees and broke branches that brought down some power-lines. One tree fell onto a trailer near Princeton.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindPrinceton$10,000Numerous trees down.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindPrinceton$10,000The northern half of the county had numerous trees down. The city of Berlin had approximately 10-12 trees down. Many large limbs down throughout the county with some power outages.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindPrinceton$5,000Several tree tops snapped off and other trees down.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindPrinceton$5,000Several trees down in and near Princeton.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindPrinceton$2,000Scattered branches and trees down.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindPrinceton$2,000A few trees down in Princeton.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindPrinceton$2,000About eight trees, mostly rotted, were uprooted in Princeton from a wet microburst. Large branches were also down throughout the city. Minor damage to a home and a garage when a tree fell on them.
March 2019FloodPrinceton$1,000The Fox River at Princeton reached moderate flood stage, cresting at 11.12 feet the late afternoon of March 24th. There is widespread flooding of lowland and wooded land in the Princeton area. Floodwaters affect Jefferson St. and the north end of Mechanic St. in Princeton. Floodwaters into yards of homes along S. Farmer St. and W Water St.
September 2018FloodPrinceton$1,000The Fox River reached moderate flood stage, cresting at 11.31 feet the morning of September 11th. Floodwaters affect Jefferson St. and the north end of Mechanic St. in Princeton. Floodwaters are in the backyards of some homes and businesses along S. Farmer St., Short St., W. Water St., and Mechanic St.
October 2018FloodPrinceton$1,000The Fox River reached minor flood stage, cresting at 10.46 feet the early afternoon of October 16th. Floodwaters are in the backyards of some homes along South Farmer, Jefferson, North Mechanic and West Water Streets in Princeton. There is widespread flooding of lowland and wooded land.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindPrinceton$1,000no account filed
September 1997Thunderstorm WindPrinceton$1,000no account filed
April 2026HailPrinceton-Public report of 1 inch diameter hail in Princeton.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindPrinceton-Tree branches and power lines were reported blown down in a 5-mile wide swath from Princeton to east of Markesan from thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 61 mph (52 knots).
August 2008Thunderstorm WindPrinceton-An isolated severe storm moved south-southeast through the Princeton area and generated wind gusts that uprooted some trees and knocked many tree branches. Hail up to 1/2 inch in diameter was also reported.
March 2026HailPrinceton-no account filed
May 2011HailPrinceton-no account filed
May 2011HailPrinceton-no account filed
April 2008HailPrinceton-no account filed
May 2003Funnel CloudPrinceton-no account filed
May 2003HailPrinceton-no account filed
April 2001HailPrinceton-no account filed
May 2001HailPrinceton-no account filed
September 2001Thunderstorm WindPrinceton-no account filed
March 2000HailPrinceton-no account filed
September 2000HailPrinceton-no account filed
February 1999HailPrinceton-no account filed
July 1997HailPrinceton-no account filed
July 1997HailPrinceton-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindPrinceton-no account filed
July 1994Tornado (F0)Princeton-no account filed
July 1994Tornado (F0)Princeton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Green Lake 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
Sylvan Shores5.4 miles14
Green Lake Terrace5.6 miles14
Greenwyck6.9 miles14
Lakewood Estates7.1 miles14
Marquette7.2 miles10
Indian Hills7.7 miles10
Sherwood Forest7.7 miles10
Tuleta Hills8.0 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 PrincetonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1569461The 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 1571941. 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.