Tony, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Dewey town. It lies in ZIP code area 54563. The Survey maps it on the Tony quadrangle. 105 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,230 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresTony fell from 113 to 105 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 | 113 | |
| 2020 | 105 | -8 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1947 USGS Sheldon quadrangle1:48000
- 1949 USGS Sheldon quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Tony quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Medford quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
80 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Tony between 1992 and 2019, burning about 138 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 18 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 | 32 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | COUNTY HIGHWAY X |
| 7 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | DAM ROAD FIRE |
| 30 July 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 July 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 June 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 June 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | ROCKY RIDGE MOWER |
| 27 June 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | GRANT HAY FIELD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Tony: 12 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airport View Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Country Place Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Deer Tail Creek Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Flambeau River Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Glen Flora Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Glen Flora Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Glen Flora Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| High Post Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Nineteenth Hole Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Outlet Point Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tony in 7 storm reports between 1995 and 2017: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 2017 | Hail | Tony | - | Half dollar size hail was reported at Highway 8 and Flambeau Drive, near Tony, Wisconsin. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tony | - | Large trees were blown down on Highway 8, east of Ladysmith. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tony | - | A few trees and power lines were blown down near Troy. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tony | - | Trees down. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tony | - | Trees blown down between Ladysmith and Glen Flora in the vicinity of the town of Tony. Westbound lane of Highway 8 blocked by fallen trees. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Tony | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tony | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Flora | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Ladysmith | 6.1 miles | 7 | |
| Conrath | 7.1 miles | 7 | |
| Ingram | 9.7 miles | 7 | |
| Port Arthur | 9.7 miles | 7 | |
| Sheldon Estates | 11.9 miles | 7 | |
| Sheldon | 12.1 miles | 7 | |
| Thornapple | 13.0 miles | 7 |
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 Tony | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2742648 | 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 1575507. 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.





