Richford, Wisconsin
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Richford town. It lies in ZIP code area 54930. The Survey maps it on the Richford quadrangle. It stands 912 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Wautoma quadrangle1:48000
- 1968 USGS Richford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Wisconsin Rapids quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
150 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 150 fires within 5 miles of Richford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 177 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 23 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 burning | 47 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | JD FIRE |
| 29 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | CUMBERLAND RD ARSON |
| 23 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | STECKBAUER |
| 21 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MIDIAN FIRE 129 |
| 24 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Richford in 4 storm reports between 2005 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richford | $30,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a barn in Richford. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richford | - | Thunderstorm winds downed multiple trees in Richford. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Richford | - | Rainfall of 4 to 5.5 inches in a short time caused flash flooding on highway 21 between Coloma and Wautoma as well as in the city of Wautoma. Highway 21 was closed between Coloma and Wautoma with multiple roads closed in Wautoma due to street flooding. Multiple vehicles were stalled with passengers rescued by boat. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richford | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coloma | 4.6 miles | 6 | |
| Dakota | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Wautoma | 8.6 miles | 6 | |
| Hancock | 8.9 miles | 7 | |
| Bannerman | 11.3 miles | 14 | |
| Silver Lake | 11.3 miles | 8 | |
| Plainfield | 13.5 miles | 7 | |
| Mount Morris | 14.4 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 Richford | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q25205396 | 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 1572288. 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.
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.



