BlockRiplinger, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Unity town. It lies in ZIP code area 54479. The Survey maps it on the Riplinger quadrangle. It stands 1,299 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Abbotsford quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Abbotsford quadrangle1:62500
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Riplinger quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Marshfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
1,172 words on this townshipHistory of Clark County Wisconsin, published 1918 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Unity Town covers the township.
Read the chapter on Unity Town - 1,172 words.
Fires near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Riplinger between 2012 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 | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 3.9 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HWY S FIRE |
| 5 May 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19027 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Riplinger in 11 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Riplinger | $33,000 | This was a weak and brief tornado that damaged a farmstead and a grove of trees. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riplinger | $3,500 | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riplinger | $2,000 | Minor roof damage occurred to a barn southeast of Riplinger. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riplinger | $1,000 | Trained spotters reported trees down and estimated wind gust of 60 miles per hour northeast and east of Loyal. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Riplinger | $750 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riplinger | $600 | no account filed |
| October 2023 | Heavy Rain | Riplinger | - | A volunteer observer reported 2.10 inches of rainfall near Colby. |
| July 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Riplinger | - | A funnel cloud was visible from a thunderstorm passing through the area. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Riplinger | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Riplinger | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Riplinger | - | 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.
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 Riplinger | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7335644 | 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 1572337. 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.