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Schofield, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Weston Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54476. It stands on Eau Claire River. The Survey maps it on the Wausau East quadrangle. 2,157 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,201 feet above sea level.

Schofield within Marathon County

On record in Schofield

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Schofield fell from 2,169 to 2,157 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,169
20202,157-12 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

81 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Schofield between 1992 and 2020, burning about 90 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 use25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Debris and open burning18
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks1
Other causes1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
13 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources678
29 August 1994Recreation and ceremony16 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 July 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 July 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources11260
13 July 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 July 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marathon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Schofield: 4 unknowns, 3 occurrences, 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Thurber Granite PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Wimmer PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Own CrewsStoneUnknown
Sunburst QuarryStoneUnknown
Wimmer QuarryStoneUnknown
Cedar Creek Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Kelly Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rothschild Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Rothschild Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Marathon County

Storms near this place

24 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Schofield in 24 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 12 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2007LightningSchofield$8,300,000Lightning struck a 321 megawatt power plant in the Wausau area, causing damage severe enough to keep it off-line until late 2007 or early 2008. In addition to the cost of repairs to the plant, the utility company will have to pay at least an addition $30 million to purchase power to replace the amount that would have been generated by the plant while repairs are made. The plant was equipted with a state-of-the-art lightning suppression system that was operational at the time of the strike.
April 2026Tornado (EF3)Schofield$8,200,000A tornado developed about 3 miles west-southwest of Ringle, east of Kronenwetter near Martin and Creek Road, at about 4:46 PM CDT. The tornado moved northeast, crossing highway 29 and downing hundreds of trees. It then moved through neighborhoods along and near River Road from Shady Lane to north of Clubhouse Road. In this area, dozens of homes suffered significant roof damage, with failures of attached garages common. At least three homes in this area had complete removal of their roofs with failure of all external walls and several interior walls, consistent with EF-3 damage. Hundreds more trees were downed in this area, with many snapped near the base. Multiple sheds and outbuildings were destroyed. The tornado continued northeast, closely following the Eau Claire River, and dissipated between Gold Dust Road and County Road Z, 5 miles southwest of Hogarty, at about 5:03 PM CDT. The tornado destroyed 13 homes, produced major damage to 25 homes, with 101 homes reporting minor damage or affected by the tornado. An estimated $8.2 million worth of damage was reported from the tornado. Total path length is estimated to be 13.53 miles long, with a width of 600 yards. Peak wind estimated to be around 145 mph.
August 2008LightningSchofield$8,000,000A lightning strike at 2:29 am CDT on August 23 generated a fire at the Gordon Aluminum Industries in Schofield. The fire destroyed a row of offices and generated enough heat to incapacitate nearby machinery. In addition to the fire damage at the plant, $300 million worth of unfinished aluminum had varying degrees of corrosion as a result of the smoke, ash, and water used to douse the flames.||The lightning strike rattled residences in the area. A blown gas main valve near the apparent source of the fire served to fuel the blaze.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindSchofield$25,000Isolated severe storms developed powerful winds which resulted mostly in large trees and powerlines being blown down. Scattered locations in Price and St. Croix Counties had powerful winds which blew down large trees. In the Caroline (Shawano County) area the severe winds blew down several trees and the top of a high school scoreboard, and "pushed" a farmer's chopper wagon 700 feet across a field, the last 200 feet uphill. Intense downburst winds downed approximately 50 trees, and did $25,000 in damage to several houses and vehicles in the Schofield (Marathon County) area. Large trees were also toppled west of Fifield by a severe storms powerful winds.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindSchofield$15,000Thunderstorm winds blew off part of a roof of a metal building system near Rothschild.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindSchofield$15,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down numerous trees and power lines in the town of Schofield. One tree fell on a house.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindSchofield$1,000Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree that fell onto and damaged a deck.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindSchofield$500A thunderstorm wind gust, estimated at 80 mph, bent a highway sign to the ground. The sign, at the STH 29 and U.S. Highway 51 interchange, was on steel posts that bent at the base.
May 2025HailSchofield-Quarter size hail fell near Evergreen.
May 2025HailSchofield-Half dollar size hail fell near Evergreen.
August 2024Flash FloodSchofield-Heavy rain caused flash flooding in Schofield and Rothschild in central Marathon County. Many roads were closed due to standing and flowing water.
May 2022HailSchofield-Quarter size hail fell in Schofield.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindSchofield-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Rothschild. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
October 2012HailSchofield-Quarter size hail fell in Schofield.
May 2011HailSchofield-Thunderstorms dropped penny to quarter size hail in Rothschild.
May 2011HailSchofield-Thunderstorms dropped quarter size hail in Schofield.
May 2011HailSchofield-Quarter size hail fell in Rothschild.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindSchofield-Thunderstorm winds downed trees in the town of Schofield.
August 2011Heavy RainSchofield-More than an inch and a half of rain, 1.55 inches, fell in Rothschild in 30 minutes.
July 2010HailSchofield-Quarter size hail fell at Rothschild.
May 2006HailSchofield-no account filed
May 2006HailSchofield-no account filed
May 2006HailSchofield-no account filed
July 2006HailSchofield-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marathon County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Rothschild1.8 miles12
Wausau Junction2.2 miles12
Kelly2.2 miles12
Weston3.3 miles12
Wausau3.7 miles12
East Hill3.7 miles12
Franklin Hill3.7 miles12
Rib Mountain3.8 miles12

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 SchofieldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1570193The 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 1573796. 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.