Roberts, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Roberts Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54023. The Survey maps it on the Roberts quadrangle. 1,919 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,033 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRoberts grew from 1,651 to 1,919 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 | 1,651 | |
| 2020 | 1,919 | +268 (+16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1946 USGS River Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS River Falls quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Roberts quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Hastings quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Hastings quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Roberts between 2005 and 2020, burning about 275 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20-4331 |
| 15 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 190057 |
| 1 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 80 |
| 9 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 260 acres | St. Croix Wetland Management District | GAME UNLIMITED |
| 23 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | DAY AFTER FIRE |
| 16 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | GAME UNLIMITED |
| 16 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20-1345 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Roberts: 11 past producers, 6 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agronomics Inc. Dolomite Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Badlands Road Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Badlands Road Gravel Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Boundary Road Dolomite Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| County Trunk N Dolomite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| G & M Stapleton Dolomite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| G Emholtz Dolomite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hammond Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Holden Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| John Christianson Dolomite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
24 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roberts in 24 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 11 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roberts | $2,700,000 | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Lightning | Roberts | $40,000 | A lightning bolt struck a home east of Hudson, Wisconsin and caused significant damage to the structure as a natural gas line ruptured and caused a gas fire in the home. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roberts | $25,000 | A barn was destroyed south of Roberts. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roberts | $1,000 | A large tree was snapped near its base, west of Roberts. Several smaller tree limbs were also blown down around the same area. This is the continuation of the strong winds that occurred in the Hudson area. |
| April 2019 | Flash Flood | Roberts | - | Several inches of rain caused a driveway to wash out north of River Falls. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Roberts | - | A high water rescue occurred due to flood waters near Interstate 94, south of Roberts, near exit 10. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roberts | - | Several large trees were blown down along Highway 12, east of Hudson. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roberts | - | A few trees were blown down near Roberts. |
| September 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Roberts | - | Brief tornado touched down in farm field. No damage reported. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roberts | - | Trees were downed. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roberts | - | Power lines were downed. |
| June 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Roberts | - | A trained spotter reported a funnel cloud that abruptly dissipated a few minutes later. |
| August 2005 | Hail | Roberts | - | Golf ball sized hail fell at the intersection of Interstate 94 and Highway 65. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roberts | - | Numerous trees down. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Roberts | - | Quarter to golfball size hail pummeled Badlands Golf course |
| July 2023 | Hail | Roberts | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Roberts | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Roberts | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Roberts | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Roberts | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Roberts | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Roberts | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Roberts | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Roberts | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boardman | 6.1 miles | 14 | |
| Burkhardt Station | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Hammond | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Burkhardt | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Sono Junction | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Glover | 8.2 miles | 12 | |
| Northline | 8.4 miles | 12 | |
| Erin Corner | 9.1 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 Roberts | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3301370 | 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 1581705. 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.








