Rib Mountain, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Rib Mountain Village. It stands on Rib Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Wausau West quadrangle. 6,061 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Population over time
2 figuresRib Mountain grew from 5,651 to 6,061 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 | 5,651 | |
| 2020 | 6,061 | +410 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1899 USGS Wausau quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Wausau quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Wausau quadrangle1:48000
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Wausau quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Wausau West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Wausau quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Wausau West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
100 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Rib Mountain between 1992 and 2020, burning about 44 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 678 |
| 11 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | FAWN RD. |
| 24 July 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 11260 |
| 17 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Rib Mountain: 9 occurrences, 8 past producers, 4 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Own Crews | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Sunburst Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Wimmer Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Beilke Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Rib Mountain Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Stewart Avenue Granite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Thurber Granite Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Wimmer Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Allenhofen Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Allenhofen Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rothschild | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Schofield | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Mount View | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Wausau | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Wausau Junction | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Franklin Hill | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| East Hill | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Evergreen | 5.2 miles | 10 |
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 Rib Mountain | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7322202 | 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 1867665. 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.







