Rockland, Wisconsin
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Rockland Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54653. It stands on Big Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bangor quadrangle. 765 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 755 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRockland grew from 594 to 765 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 | 594 | |
| 2020 | 765 | +171 (+29%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1909 USGS Sparta quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Sparta quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Sparta quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Sparta NW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Bangor quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sparta quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Rockland between 2018 and 2020, burning about 18 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 | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 81420 |
| 8 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 40819 |
| 24 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 42418 |
| 19 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 180038 |
| 17 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 200039 |
| 8 November 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 110820 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Rockland: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangor Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Klos Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Linton Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Pierce Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rockland in 5 storm reports between 2007 and 2019: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2016 | Flash Flood | Rockland | $913,000 | Flood waters from Fleming Creek caused State Highway 108 to be closed near Mindoro.|Water covered low spots in several other locations across the northeast part of La Crosse County. Some of the impacted roads included County Highways C, DE and E. Some minor mudslides also occurred with County Highway OA reduced to one lane. Sixteen homes were damaged by the flooding. Bangor declared a local state of emergency due to flooding along Dutch Creek. |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Rockland | $5,000 | For the short time this tornado was in La Crosse County, it produced mainly tree and some minor building damage. The tornado tracked from just southwest of Rockland, toward the rest stop on the eastbound side of Interstate 90 before crossing into Monroe County. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockland | $2,000 | Trees were blown down near Rockland. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockland | $800 | Large trees were blown down over road. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Rockland | - | Golf ball sized hail was reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangor | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Burns | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Middle Ridge | 7.4 miles | 13 | |
| West Salem | 8.6 miles | 17 | |
| Newberg Corners | 9.4 miles | 13 | |
| Saint Joseph | 10.6 miles | 16 | |
| Barre Mills | 11.3 miles | 16 | |
| Mindoro | 12.5 miles | 13 |
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 Rockland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2519617 | 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 1572484. 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.









