Tigerton, Wisconsin
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Tigerton Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54486. It stands on Tiger Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tigerton quadrangle. 708 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,030 feet above sea level.
On record in Tigerton
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 1 record
Tigerton Village Hall and Engine Houselisted 2008
Population over time
2 figuresTigerton fell from 741 to 708 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 | 741 | |
| 2020 | 708 | -33 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Tigerton quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Tigerton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Wausau quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
78 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Tigerton between 1992 and 2019, burning about 179 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 8 were 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 | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 July 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 July 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 July 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 July 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 June 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MEISNER RD FIRE |
| 4 May 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SPIEGEL RD FIRE |
| 31 May 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 May 1995 | 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
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Tigerton: 8 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meisner Road Granite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Tigerton Pond Granite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Evelyn Hansen Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Island Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kersten Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Kersten Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lone Maple Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Minniecheske Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Spiegel Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Split Rock Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
13 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tigerton in 13 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tigerton | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tigerton | - | Thunderstorm winds uprooted multiple trees in Tigerton. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tigerton | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and damaged a building in Tigerton. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tigerton | - | Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees as they passed through Tigerton. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tigerton | - | Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 mph as the storms moved through Tigerton. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tigerton | - | A spotter in Tigerton measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Tigerton | - | Half dollar size hail fell in Tigerton. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tigerton | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts, estimated at 60 mph, downed a tree and several power lines in Tigerton. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Tigerton | - | Thunderstorms dropped ping pong ball size hail at Tigerton. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tigerton | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Tigerton. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Tigerton | - | Golf ball size hail fell at Tigerton. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Tigerton | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tigerton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Split Rock | 3.2 miles | 7 | |
| Whitcomb | 4.2 miles | 7 | |
| Five Corners | 5.0 miles | 7 | |
| Hunting | 6.3 miles | 8 | |
| Wittenberg | 8.2 miles | 7 | |
| Shepley | 8.6 miles | 7 | |
| Paac Ciinak | 9.2 miles | 7 | |
| Caroline | 9.2 miles | 8 |
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 Tigerton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3259560 | 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 1575448. 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.



