BlockStoddard, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Stoddard Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54658. It lies near Pasque Island. The Survey maps it on the Stoddard quadrangle. 840 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 659 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresStoddard grew from 774 to 840 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 | 774 | |
| 2020 | 840 | +66 (+9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1926 USGS Stoddard quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Stoddard quadrangle1:62500
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Stoddard quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
32 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Stoddard between 1993 and 2020, burning about 206 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 June 2009 | Fireworks | under an acre | LaCrosse District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife Refuge | WIGWAM SLOUGH |
| 21 June 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 June 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | LaCrosse District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife Refuge | GOOSEIS |
| 7 May 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 68 |
| 4 May 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 May 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Stoddard: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipmonk Coulee Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
45 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stoddard in 45 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 18 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 4 flash flood, 4 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stoddard | 2 hurt, $175,000 | An estimated 70 mph wind gust occurred in Stoddard with lots of trees blown down. At the marina campground, at least one camper was flipped with the occupants sustaining minor injuries. Several vehicles were damaged by downed trees or branches. A rail line was closed when trees fell across it. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Stoddard | $28,200,000 | Flash floods and mudslides were reported across the county, with numerous county roads closed and impassable. Areas significantly impacted were from around Stoddard to Viroqua. At least 79 people were evacuated below local dams. Mudslides were especially dangerous along Highway 35 on the west end of the county washing away some homes and closing the highway for quite sometime. Railroad tracks were also damaged knocking over one set of rail cars that had hazardous material stored.||Over 1,100 people applied for FEMA assistance including 33 businesses in the county. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Stoddard | $2,250,000 | The Vernon County sheriff department received numerous calls about water over roads and backed up drainage areas. In fact, law enforcement officials indicated flooding was worse than the flood of August 18-19 2007. Numerous earthen dams in the county had to be monitored for failure, including the Yttri-Primmer Dam that was heavily damaged. Highway 162 had mudslides over it and was closed in sections. At peak, 113 roads were closed across the county. |
| July 2017 | Flood | Stoddard | $489,000 | After the initial round of flash flooding, the flood waters continued to cause problems across much of Vernon County into Friday, July 21st. More than 50 roads across the county were closed or impacted by the flood waters. In Coon Valley, the annual Trout Festival had to be cancelled and the American Legion Baseball tournament was moved to an alternate site outside of the county. Numerous homes in Westby had water in their basements. In Ontario, flood waters from the Kickapoo River covered most of the community. Numerous homes had water in their basements and dozens of cars were inundated by the flood waters with one Vernon County Sheriff's Department squad car destroyed. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Stoddard | $289,000 | Heavy rains, with totals of 6 to 8 inches, produced flash flooding across the central and eastern sections of Vernon County. The headwaters of the Kickapoo River quickly went out of the banks and caused widespread flooding in Ontario. Much of the town was covered in flood waters that prompted State Highways 33 and 131 to be closed. Evacuations were performed east of Westby along Bloomingdale Road, which was closed because of flooding. A mudslide east of Viroqua covered State Highway 56. A rock slide occurred on Mohawk Valley Road north of Stoddard. Water covered County Road P and Spring Coulee Road northeast of Coon Valley and State Highway 162 between Coon Valley and Stoddard. Because of the flooding, campers were evacuated from numerous campgrounds across the county. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stoddard | $200,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stoddard | $200,000 | no account filed |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stoddard | $20,000 | Numerous trees were blown down with power outages in Stoddard and Genoa. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stoddard | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stoddard | $12,000 | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Flood | Stoddard | $10,000 | Flooding forced the evacuation of an assisted living facility. All the residents were moved to another facility without any injuries being sustained. Media reports indicate most of the flooring in the facility had to be replaced. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stoddard | $5,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down northeast of Stoddard. |
| June 2019 | Flood | Stoddard | $4,000 | Runoff from locally heavy rain caused a couple of small mudslides to occur along State Highway 162 near Koll Lane east of Stoddard. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stoddard | $3,000 | A large tree and several branches were blown down northeast of Stoddard. |
| May 1996 | Hail | Stoddard | $2,500 | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stoddard | $2,000 | Two large trees were blown down north of Stoddard. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stoddard | $2,000 | Power lines were blown down east of Stoddard. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stoddard | $2,000 | Large tree branches were blown down in Stoddard. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stoddard | $2,000 | Tree branches, up to 6 inches in diameter, were blown down northeast of Stoddard. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Stoddard | $2,000 | Three mudslides were reported along County Road K. Partial washout of Sunshine Drive which was repaired earlier in the day from damage a few days before. Time was estimated. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stoddard | $1,750 | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stoddard | $1,000 | Trees and branches were blown northeast of Stoddard. Around an inch of rain fell is less than an hour. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stoddard | $1,000 | Several large tree branches were blown down northeast of Stoddard. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Stoddard | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stoddard | $500 | A willow tree 18 inches in diameter was snapped halfway up and numerous 3 to 4 inch diameter limbs were blown down. There was also pea size hail. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stoddard | $500 | Numerous large branches were blown down. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stoddard | - | A National Weather Service employee reported a large portion of mature maple tree downed. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Stoddard | - | Public reported golf ball sized hail and crop damage near Stoddard. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Stoddard | - | Quarter sized hail fell in Stoddard. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Stoddard | - | Quarter sized hail fell in Stoddard. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Stoddard | - | Quarter sized hail was reported northeast of Stoddard. |
| July 2020 | Funnel Cloud | Stoddard | - | A funnel cloud was seen near Stoddard. |
| July 2020 | Funnel Cloud | Stoddard | - | A funnel cloud was sighted over the Mississippi River west of Stoddard. |
| June 2019 | Heavy Rain | Stoddard | - | Northeast of Stoddard, 3.3 inches of rain fell. |
| June 2019 | Heavy Rain | Stoddard | - | Just south of Stoddard, 3.47 inches of rain fell. |
| July 2019 | Heavy Rain | Stoddard | - | Northeast of Stoddard, 4.15 inches of rain fell. |
| August 2018 | Heavy Rain | Stoddard | - | The COOP observer in Stoddard measured 7.42 inches of rain. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Stoddard | - | Golf ball sized hail fell near Stoddard. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Stoddard | - | Quarter sized hail was reported in Stoddard. |
| June 2010 | Flood | Stoddard | - | Heavy rains caused some minor erosion to occur washing some debris onto roads. Ponding of water on roads was reported in many locations across Vernon County. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Stoddard | - | Hail the size of pennies and 40 mph winds were reported on the north side of Stoddard. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Stoddard | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Stoddard | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Stoddard | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Stoddard | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Valley | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Genoa | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Chaseburg | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Romance | 8.5 miles | 11 | |
| Newton | 9.6 miles | 11 | |
| Coon Valley | 11.2 miles | 11 | |
| Victory | 12.2 miles | 18 | |
| Purdy | 13.5 miles | 11 |
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 Stoddard | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2431681 | 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 1574912. 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.