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.
Population over time
2 figuresThorp 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,621 | |
| 2020 | 1,795 | +174 (+11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1952 USGS Stanley quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Stanley NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Thorp quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Marshfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 1996Regional 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/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018031 |
| 18 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018028 |
| 6 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018016 |
| 30 May 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018021 |
| 17 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin 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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plautz Brothers, Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
29 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thorp | $30,000 | In Thorp, a camper was flipped over and several trees were snapped or uprooted. |
| September 1998 | Hail | Thorp | $30,000 | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thorp | $20,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down across the northern portions of Clark County as a line of thunderstorms moved across the area. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thorp | $20,000 | no account filed |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thorp | $15,000 | Windows were blown out of buildings and roofs were removed from sheds in Thorp. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Thorp | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thorp | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Thorp | $8,000 | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thorp | $7,500 | A power pole was blown down in Thorp. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thorp | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thorp | $2,000 | Trees were blown down in Thorp. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thorp | $2,000 | Numerous trees were blown down in Thorp. The fire chief estimated the wind gust speed to be around 60 mph. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Thorp | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thorp | $1,500 | A tree fell on power lines and caused power outages in the city of Thorp. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thorp | $1,000 | Large tree branches were blown down east of Thorp. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thorp | $800 | Trees were toppled near the intersection of State Highway 73 and Hickory Road. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thorp | $750 | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Thorp | $500 | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Funnel Cloud | Thorp | - | A funnel cloud was reported near Thorp. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Thorp | - | Quarter sized hail was reported near Thorp. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thorp | - | A severe thunderstorm produced an estimated wind gust of 60 mph in Thorp. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Thorp | - | Up to golf ball sized hail fell in Thorp. |
| May 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Thorp | - | Law enforcement officials reported a possible funnel cloud at exit 108 on Highway 29. |
| June 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Thorp | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Thorp | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Flood | Thorp | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Thorp | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Thorp | - | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thorp | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lombard | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Eidsvold | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Reseburg | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Eadsville (historical) | 4.7 miles | 6 | |
| Junction | 6.4 miles | 6 | |
| Worden (historical) | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Clark | 8.8 miles | 7 | |
| Withee | 10.7 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 Thorp | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1570388 | 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 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.






