BlockSpokeville, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Sherman town. It lies in ZIP code area 54479. The Survey maps it on the Loyal East quadrangle. It stands 1,270 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Granton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Loyal East quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Marshfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
5 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spokeville in 5 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2011 | Tornado (EF2) | Spokeville | 2 hurt, $1,400,000 | Two people were directly injured and there was an indirect loss of life from an EF2 tornado that tracked across the east central sections of Clark County near Chili. The death occurred when an oxygen machine stopped working due to a power outage caused by the tornado. The tornado was on the ground for just over 7 miles and destroyed four homes, damaged at least 19 others, destroyed four barns and 15 outbuildings with numerous other farm buildings damaged. One farmer lost several specialty birds including 12 peacocks and 16 guinea hens. Around 1500 residents across Clark County were without power after the storms moved through. Damages from the tornado are estimated to be around $1.5 million. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Spokeville | $70,000 | This was a brief tornado that damaged a farmstead and trees. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spokeville | $2,000 | Trees were blown down northeast of Loyal. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spokeville | $2,000 | Thunderstorms winds blew down trees and power lines along County Roads H and Y in the eastern parts of Clark County. |
| September 2015 | Heavy Rain | Spokeville | - | East of Loyal, 4.75 inches of rain fell. |
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 Spokeville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7578922 | 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 1577833. 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.
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.