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Thorp, Wisconsin

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Thorp City. It lies in ZIP code area 54771. The Survey maps it on the Thorp quadrangle. 1,795 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,214 feet above sea level.

Thorp within Clark County

Population over time

2 figures

Thorp grew from 1,621 to 1,795 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
20101,621
20201,795+174 (+11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

11 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Thorp between 1996 and 2020, burning about 3 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
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning2

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
4 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018031
18 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018028
6 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018016
30 May 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018021
17 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 April 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 April 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Thorp: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Plautz Brothers, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clark County

Storms near this place

29 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Thorp in 29 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 15 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 3 funnel cloud, 1 flood. 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
August 2022Thunderstorm WindThorp$30,000In Thorp, a camper was flipped over and several trees were snapped or uprooted.
September 1998HailThorp$30,000no account filed
April 2020Thunderstorm WindThorp$20,000Several trees and power lines were blown down across the northern portions of Clark County as a line of thunderstorms moved across the area.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindThorp$20,000no account filed
December 2021Thunderstorm WindThorp$15,000Windows were blown out of buildings and roofs were removed from sheds in Thorp.
June 2001HailThorp$10,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindThorp$10,000no account filed
July 2006HailThorp$8,000no account filed
July 2015Thunderstorm WindThorp$7,500A power pole was blown down in Thorp.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindThorp$3,000no account filed
June 2017Thunderstorm WindThorp$2,000Trees were blown down in Thorp.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindThorp$2,000Numerous trees were blown down in Thorp. The fire chief estimated the wind gust speed to be around 60 mph.
June 2001HailThorp$2,000no account filed
June 2010Thunderstorm WindThorp$1,500A tree fell on power lines and caused power outages in the city of Thorp.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindThorp$1,000Large tree branches were blown down east of Thorp.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindThorp$800Trees were toppled near the intersection of State Highway 73 and Hickory Road.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindThorp$750no account filed
July 2001HailThorp$500no account filed
June 2023Funnel CloudThorp-A funnel cloud was reported near Thorp.
May 2018HailThorp-Quarter sized hail was reported near Thorp.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindThorp-A severe thunderstorm produced an estimated wind gust of 60 mph in Thorp.
August 2011HailThorp-Up to golf ball sized hail fell in Thorp.
May 2008Funnel CloudThorp-Law enforcement officials reported a possible funnel cloud at exit 108 on Highway 29.
June 2005Funnel CloudThorp-no account filed
June 2001HailThorp-no account filed
August 2001FloodThorp-no account filed
July 2000HailThorp-no account filed
March 1998HailThorp-no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindThorp-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clark 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
Lombard3.2 miles11
Eidsvold3.5 miles11
Reseburg3.8 miles11
Eadsville (historical)4.7 miles6
Junction6.4 miles6
Worden (historical)6.7 miles11
Clark8.8 miles7
Withee10.7 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 ThorpAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1570388The 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 1575404. 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.