Taylor, Wisconsin
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Springfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 54659. It lies near Jonahs Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Taylor quadrangle. 484 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 892 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresTaylor grew from 476 to 484 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 | 476 | |
| 2020 | 484 | +8 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1927 USGS Blair quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Blair quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Winona quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Taylor between 2001 and 2020, burning about 26 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 June 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20 |
| 5 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 5051820 |
| 18 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018025 |
| 9 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2019017 |
| 9 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Taylor: 4 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blair Shale Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Taylor Pit | Silica | Producer | ||
| Blair Sand Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Blair Sand Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| K Olson Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Rich Tuff Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
25 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Taylor in 25 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 9 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 3 heavy rain, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 4 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 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taylor | 1 killed, 4 hurt, $80,000 | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Taylor | $303,000 | After heavy rains of 4 to 6 inches, flash flooding occurred across the southwest sections of Jackson County. French Creek went out of its banks sending water over County Road X southeast of Taylor. The townships of Springfield, Franklin and North Bend were hit the hardest with several roads either washed out or damaged from the flooding. Two homes sustained minor damage during the flooding. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taylor | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Taylor | $75,000 | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taylor | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taylor | $5,000 | Several large trees and branches were blown down in Taylor. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taylor | $5,000 | Trees were blown down and power outages occurred in Taylor. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taylor | $5,000 | Many trees and power poles were blown down across western Jackson County. Tree damage was reported in and around the cities of Taylor, York, and Northfield. This caused power outages to many towns and rural customers. Also, 3.90 inches of rain was measured in the city of Taylor between 5:25 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. CST. |
| June 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Taylor | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taylor | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Taylor | $2,500 | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taylor | $2,000 | Several trees were blown down in Taylor. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Taylor | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taylor | $500 | Law enforcement reported trees down. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Taylor | - | Quarter sized hail was reported in Taylor. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Taylor | - | Golf ball sized hail fell northeast of Taylor. |
| June 2014 | Heavy Rain | Taylor | - | In Taylor, 4 inches of rain fell. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Taylor | - | Runoff from heavy rain caused several small streams to go out of their banks around Taylor. |
| July 2010 | Flood | Taylor | - | Law enforcement reported several roads closed due to water over roadways in southern Jackson County. |
| September 2010 | Heavy Rain | Taylor | - | Total rainfall from the storm was 6.65 inches. |
| August 2009 | Heavy Rain | Taylor | - | An observer measured 5.06 inches of rain during the preceding 24-hours. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Taylor | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Taylor | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Taylor | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Taylor | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sechlerville | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Disco | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| Hixton | 7.2 miles | 13 | |
| Franklin | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| York | 9.0 miles | 13 | |
| Rogneys (historical) | 9.4 miles | 12 | |
| Northfield | 9.6 miles | 13 | |
| North Branch | 10.8 miles | 13 |
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 Taylor | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1850913 | 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 1575268. 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.






