Rudolph, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Rudolph Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54475. The Survey maps it on the Wisconsin Rapids North quadrangle. 1,027 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,102 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Wisconsin Rapids quadrangle1:48000
- 1967 USGS Wisconsin Rapids quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Wisconsin Rapids North quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wisconsin Rapids quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
48 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Rudolph between 1992 and 2020, burning about 306 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HAY BALE 2 |
| 9 August 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | STRAW FIRE |
| 15 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MISIEWICZ PEAT FIRE |
| 10 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 102 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SIGEL FIRE |
| 7 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18150 |
| 25 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18173 |
| 23 July 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rudolph in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rudolph | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rudolph | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rudolph | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Rudolph. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Rudolph | - | A thunderstorms dropped three-inch diameter hail as it passed through Rudloph. The time of this event is estimated based on radar data. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rudolph | - | A spotter in Rudolph estimated a thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph. The storm also produced penny size hail. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Rudolph | - | Penny size hail fell with a thunderstorm that also produced a wind gust to 60 mph. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Rudolph | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biron | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Eight Corners | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Wisconsin Rapids | 7.8 miles | 8 | |
| Milladore | 7.9 miles | 5 | |
| Vesper | 8.3 miles | 8 | |
| Sherry | 8.3 miles | 6 | |
| Lake Wazeecha | 9.0 miles | 8 | |
| Blenker | 9.9 miles | 6 |
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 Rudolph | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q963365 | 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 1572713. 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.




