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Theresa, Wisconsin

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Theresa Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53091. It stands on Kummel Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lomira quadrangle. 1,255 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 942 feet above sea level.

Theresa within Dodge County

On record in Theresa

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Theresa fell from 1,262 to 1,255 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
20101,262
20201,255-7 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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.

In the county-history sources

1,085 words on this township

The History of Dodge County, Wisconsin, Containing ... Its Early Settlement, Growth ... an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities ... War Record, Biographical Sketches, published 1880 names this settlement in its chapter on Theresa Village. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

P. lilTECHElVBERG, merchant and Postmaster, Theresa ; born in Prussia in 1S44 ; came with his parents to America in 184S, locating at Richfield, Wis., where he attended school until he was 14, when he entered a store at Germantown, Wis., to learn the business he has since successfully followed; he came to Theresa in 1861, with just 70 cents; worked in a store here until August, 1875, when he began business for himself; now has a large and varied stock of merchandise to supply a general trade ; one department of his store is filled with hardware, stoves, machines, etc.; another with hats, caps and ready-made clothing ; the main store is devoted to groceries of all kinds, dry goods, millinery goods, boots ,and shoes, glassware, etc., etc. He married Miss Amanda A. Sprout June 6, 186(3 ; they have two children - Frederick William and Guy Paul. iMr. Kueckenber^;- is a Repubhcan ; was appointed Postmaster about 1873.

Passage source: The History of Dodge County, Wisconsin, Containing ... Its Early Settlement, Growth ... an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities ... War Record, Biographical Sketches, published 1880.

EMILE EDWARD NUSSLE, M. !>., Theresa; born in Chaux deFonds, Switzerland, July 12, 1853 ; spent his early life and was educated in his native land ; studied medicine in Geneva and Berne, graduating as physician and surgeon March 17, 1874; practiced one year in Dresden, Saxony, and came toAmerica in November, 1876, locating in Joffer.son, Jefferson Co., Wis.; he practiced two and a half years ; the Doctor settled in Theresa in February, 1871), where he has a good and increasing practice. He served as First Lieutenant in the Swiss Army about four years. The Doctor is versed in German, Italian and Enulish, as well as French, his native language; is independent of all societies.

Passage source: The History of Dodge County, Wisconsin, Containing ... Its Early Settlement, Growth ... an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities ... War Record, Biographical Sketches, published 1880.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Theresa Village - it names this place 5 more 5 times.

Fires near this place

11 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Theresa between 2012 and 2020, burning about 8 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/undetermined6
Debris and open burning2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
29 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1901093
30 May 2017Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesTHERESA SITE 1
30 May 2017Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesTHERESA SITE 2
5 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2000023
24 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1800020
20 April 2019Debris and open burning6.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources83
30 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1800017
27 March 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1900028

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dodge County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Theresa: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Farmersville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Merget PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dodge County

Storms near this place

14 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Theresa in 14 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 6 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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
May 2025Tornado (EF1)Theresa$10,000Damage began northeast of the roundabout for Highway 28 and 175 which is separate from the Mayville tornado. Damage was mainly to trees along this path that crossed Interstate 41.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindTheresa$2,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindTheresa$1,000no account filed
August 1998Thunderstorm WindTheresa$1,000no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindTheresa-Trees down.
October 2006Thunderstorm WindTheresa-Powerful thunderstorm winds knocked down large trees.
July 2003Tornado (F0)Theresa-A brief, weak tornado spun up east-southeast of Theresa, in a marsh east of West Bend Rd., resulting in only minor vegetative damage.
May 2025HailTheresa-no account filed
May 2025HailTheresa-no account filed
June 2024HailTheresa-no account filed
August 2017HailTheresa-no account filed
August 2015HailTheresa-no account filed
April 2007HailTheresa-no account filed
March 2000Funnel CloudTheresa-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dodge 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
Theresa Station1.4 miles9
Hochheim4.3 miles15
Knowles4.8 miles10
Farmersville5.1 miles10
Lomira5.1 miles9
Mayville5.2 miles10
Kekoskee5.9 miles10
Nasbro6.1 miles10

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 TheresaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1237469The 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 1575345. 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.