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Solon Springs, Wisconsin

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Solon Springs town. It lies in ZIP code area 54873. It stands on Park Creek. The Survey maps it on the Solon Springs quadrangle. 656 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,122 feet above sea level.

Solon Springs within Douglas County

On record in Solon Springs

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

Solon Springs grew from 600 to 656 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
2010600
2020656+56 (+9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

78 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Solon Springs between 1993 and 2020, burning about 65 acres in total. 1 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
Equipment and vehicle use23
Debris and open burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes2
Fireworks1
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
30 September 2013Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 September 2014Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesISLAND
18 September 2003Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 August 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Solon Springs: 3 occurrences, 3 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Leo Creek PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Richard Flamang Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Robert Nelson Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Sauntry PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Upper St Croix Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Wasko Rd Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Douglas County

Storms near this place

35 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Solon Springs in 35 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 21 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
July 2011LightningSolon Springs$100,000Lightning hit a boat lift canopy, which burned the boat, shortly after a nearby house was hit by lightning. The house burned.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindSolon Springs-A sign was blown over near mile marker 202 along US Highway 53 near Solon Springs.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindSolon Springs-Two trees 4 to 6 inches in diameter were blown down by the storm.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindSolon Springs-A tree was down onto a road in Solon Springs.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindSolon Springs-Ferguson Road was blocked by a fallen tree near the intersection of County Road A.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindSolon Springs-A tree was blown down along County Road A in Solon Springs.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindSolon Springs-The measurement was from the Solon Springs Municipal Airport.
August 2011Flash FloodSolon Springs-Numerous roads were flooded throughout Douglas County.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindSolon Springs-Power was knocked out and numerous trees were blown down.
July 2011Tornado (EF2)Solon Springs-A house was destroyed and its outbuildings were destroyed. Several other outbuildings and houses were damaged. Many trees were snapped off or uprooted. Peak winds were estimated at 120 to 130 mph.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindSolon Springs-Downed trees came down on a power line.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindSolon Springs-Power was out and numerous trees were blown down.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindSolon Springs-Numerous large trees were blown down in the village.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindSolon Springs-Trees were down in several areas along Highway A from Solon Springs to County Road B.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindSolon Springs-Power was lost when trees fell on power lines.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindSolon Springs-Trees and power lines were blown down.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindSolon Springs-Trees up to 24 inches in diameter were blown down. Wind speed is estimated.
July 2020HailSolon Springs-no account filed
June 2016HailSolon Springs-no account filed
July 2011HailSolon Springs-no account filed
July 2011HailSolon Springs-no account filed
June 2008HailSolon Springs-no account filed
May 2001HailSolon Springs-no account filed
June 2001HailSolon Springs-no account filed
July 2000HailSolon Springs-no account filed
August 2000HailSolon Springs-no account filed
August 2000HailSolon Springs-no account filed
August 2000HailSolon Springs-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindSolon Springs-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindSolon Springs-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindSolon Springs-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindSolon Springs-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindSolon Springs-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindSolon Springs-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindSolon Springs-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Douglas 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
Sauntry1.5 miles10
Beebe3.8 miles10
Bennett6.8 miles10
Gordon7.4 miles9
Hawthorne10.5 miles8
Hillcrest11.1 miles8
Dobie12.0 miles8
Wascott12.5 miles9

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 Solon SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2671489The 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 1574366. 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.