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Stratford, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Stratford Village. It stands on Connor Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Stratford quadrangle. 1,581 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,266 feet above sea level.

Stratford within Marathon County

Population over time

2 figures

Stratford grew from 1,578 to 1,581 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
20101,578
20201,581+3 (+0%)

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

6 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Stratford between 1994 and 2020, burning about 7 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Debris and open burning1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 May 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18012
8 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18009
16 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18014
25 March 1994Misuse of fire by a minor5.5 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 December 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2012045
4 November 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2032

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marathon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Stratford: 16 occurrences, 11 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Arnold Spindler Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dead End Road Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
John Serve Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kratzer Road Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
March Rapids Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
March Rapids Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rock Creek Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Stratford Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Alvin Bornbach Granite DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Arthur Lau Granite DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Marathon County

Storms near this place

28 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stratford in 28 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 11 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 4 tornado, 1 lightning. 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
April 2002Tornado (F1)Stratford$1,400,000no account filed
August 1996Tornado (F2)Stratford$200,000no account filed
September 2018Thunderstorm WindStratford$100,000Thunderstorm winds heavily damaged a barn, outbuilding, and several trees on a farm south of Athens.
August 1996Tornado (F1)Stratford$100,000no account filed
May 2017Thunderstorm WindStratford$15,000Thunderstorm downburst winds downed at least a dozen trees and heavily damaged a barn in western Marathon County. The downburst winds also carried a carport more than 200 feet.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindStratford$2,000no account filed
April 1999LightningStratford$1,000no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindStratford$1,000no account filed
July 2016Thunderstorm WindStratford$500Thunderstorm winds snapped a stop sign and downed large tree branches at the intersection of Highways 29 and 97.
July 2024HailStratford-Two inch hail fell near Poniatowski. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
May 2024Tornado (EF1)Stratford-A tornado formed at 7:51 pm CDT northwest of Edgar in western Marathon County and continued northeast before dissipating at 7:54 pm CDT between the village of Athens and the town of Rib Falls. Total path length is estimated to be 2.13 miles long, with a width of 80 yards. Peak wind estimated to be around 92 mph.
July 2021HailStratford-Half dollar size hail fell southeast of Athens.
April 2009HailStratford-Quarter size hail was observed 5 miles northwest of Stratford.
September 1995Thunderstorm WindStratford-Severe thunderstorms moved through parts of north-central and northeast Wisconsin during the late afternoon and evening hours, producing large hail, damaging winds to at least 60 mph, and isolated torrential downpours. Hail up to 1.75 inches in diameter (golf ball-size) pummeled parts of Vilas and Oneida counties. Hardest hit was the Eagle River (Vilas County) area, where two consecutive hail storms hit. Strong thunderstorm winds blew down light poles in Hazelhurst (Oneida County), and uprooted large trees just south of Hazelhurst near Bear Skin Lake. Numerous trees and power lines were felled near Crane and Pickerel Lakes in the far southwest corner of Forest County. Trees were snapped off or uprooted southeast of Tomahawk and in Gleason (Lincoln County); in Medford (Taylor County); and in the Deerbrook and Pickerel areas (Langlade County). The Thorp area (Clark County) was hit by two rounds of thunderstorms. The first round had violent winds tipping over a mobile home and airborne debris damaging a few vehicles. In the second round several trees were toppled by high winds. Powerful thunderstorm winds also pulled down telephone poles in Stratford (Marathon County).
March 2007FloodStratford-no account filed
August 2006HailStratford-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindStratford-no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindStratford-no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindStratford-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindStratford-no account filed
March 2000HailStratford-no account filed
September 2000Flash FloodStratford-no account filed
May 1998HailStratford-no account filed
May 1998HailStratford-no account filed
May 1998HailStratford-no account filed
July 1997HailStratford-no account filed
July 1996HailStratford-no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindStratford-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
Weber1.5 miles12
Staadts (historical)2.6 miles12
Bradley3.4 miles12
March Rapids4.8 miles12
Little Rose4.8 miles12
Rozellville4.9 miles11
Fenwood5.6 miles12
McMillan6.0 miles11

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 StratfordAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2149285The 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 1574972. 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.