Rio, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Rio Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53960. The Survey maps it on the Rio quadrangle. 1,119 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 932 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRio grew from 1,059 to 1,119 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 | 1,059 | |
| 2020 | 1,119 | +60 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Columbus quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Rio quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
173 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 173 fires within 5 miles of Rio between 1992 and 2020, burning about 304 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 13 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 | 56 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 50 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | PARDEEVILLE ROAD |
| 2 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.4 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 July 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 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
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Rio: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dann and Wendt Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Wyocena Dump Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rio in 16 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 8 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rio | 1 hurt, $25,000 | Powerful thunderstorm winds knocked down large trees and power-lines. One injury reported at Rio campground when tree branches hit a person. |
| August 2004 | Hail | Rio | $6,000,000 | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rio | $3,000,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Lightning | Rio | $100,000 | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rio | $50,000 | Powerful thunderstorm wind gusts to 56 knots (65 mph) toppled many trees and damaged several power-lines. |
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rio | $8,000 | A swath of numerous small and large branches down, some on powerlines. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rio | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Rio | - | A trained spotter reported hail up to 3/4 of an inch 1 mile west of Rio. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rio | - | Sheriff deputies reported sporadic tree damage from thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 56 knots (65 mph). |
| October 2020 | Hail | Rio | - | no account filed |
| April 2018 | Hail | Rio | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Rio | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Rio | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rio | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Rio | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Rio | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyocena | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Doylestown | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Otsego | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Lowville | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Pardeeville | 7.0 miles | 12 | |
| Leeds Center | 8.3 miles | 12 | |
| Marcellon | 8.4 miles | 12 | |
| Englewood | 8.8 miles | 9 |
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 Rio | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2859125 | 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 1572330. 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.




