Ridgeland, Wisconsin
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Ridgeland Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54763. The Survey maps it on the Ridgeland quadrangle. 258 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,096 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRidgeland fell from 273 to 258 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 | 273 | |
| 2020 | 258 | -15 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1949 USGS Ridgeland quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Ridgeland quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Ridgeland quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Bloomer quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Ridgeland between 2002 and 2019, burning about 4 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 603019 |
| 3 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1000006 |
| 26 May 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1000012 |
| 25 April 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1000010 |
| 21 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 421019 |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Ridgeland: 5 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Otter Creek Shale Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ridgeland Sandstone Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Hay River Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Hay River Gravel Pit #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hay River Gravel Pit #4 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hay River Gravel Pit #6 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lester Vergin Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Ridgeland Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Ridgeland Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Washburn Farm Creek Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
14 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ridgeland in 14 storm reports between 1996 and 2018: 9 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind. 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 | Ridgeland | - | Several trees were blown down in Ridgeland. |
| August 2012 | Hail | Ridgeland | - | Quarter size hail, and strong winds caused damage to both corn, and soy bean crops southwest of Ridgeland, Wisconsin. The corn and soy beans were completely stripped and flattened for a five mile long, and 1.5 mile wide path. |
| August 2005 | Hail | Ridgeland | - | Quarter sized hail fell in Section 1 of New Haven Township. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ridgeland | - | Few trees down. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ridgeland | - | Few trees felled. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ridgeland | - | Trees blown down. Large Barn lost one of its sides. Estimated windspeed. Wind damage also reported in Boyceville and Sand Creek. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Ridgeland | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Ridgeland | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Ridgeland | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Ridgeland | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Ridgeland | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Ridgeland | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Ridgeland | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ridgeland | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter | 7.2 miles | 7 | |
| Wheeler | 11.0 miles | 7 | |
| Sand Creek | 11.4 miles | 7 | |
| Connorsville | 11.6 miles | 12 | |
| Norton | 13.3 miles | 7 | |
| Boyceville | 13.5 miles | 12 | |
| Tainter Lake | 15.0 miles | 12 | |
| Downing | 16.6 miles | 12 |
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 Ridgeland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2349198 | 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 1572302. 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.





