Saxon, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Saxon town. It lies in ZIP code area 54559. It stands on Mud Creek. The Survey maps it on the Saxon quadrangle. 75 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,119 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSaxon fell from 90 to 75 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 | 90 | |
| 2020 | 75 | -15 (-17%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1940 USGS Upson quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Upson quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Saxon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Ironwood quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
35 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Saxon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 64 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SAND 2 |
| 17 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SAND 1 |
| 10 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.1 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HIGHWAY 2 P |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Saxon: 8 occurrences, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Lawrence Creek Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Lawrence Creek Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Lower Rd Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Lower Road Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Montreal River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Potato River Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Potato River Pit #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Upper Rd Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Vaughn Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
3 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Saxon in 3 storm reports between 1999 and 2018: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saxon | - | Trees were blown down. The wind speed is estimated. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Saxon | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saxon | - | 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 Saxon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7428825 | 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 1573758. 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.





