Truman, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Kendall town. It lies in ZIP code area 53530. The Survey maps it on the Calamine quadrangle. It stands 1,050 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1902 USGS Mineral Point quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1952 USGS Calamine quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Dubuque North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
904 words on this townshipHistory of Lafayette County, Wisconsin, Containing an Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources; an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities, Towns and Villages ... Its War Record, Biographical Sketches ... the Whole Preceded by a History of Wisconsin, Statistics of the State, and an Abstract of Its Laws and Constitution, and of the Constitution of the United States, published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Kendall Town covers the township.
Read the chapter on Kendall Town - 904 words.
Fires near this place
2 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Truman in 2019, burning under an acre 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2319 |
| 2 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1619 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Truman: 11 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Lead, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| De Rocher Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1935 | |
| Als Trucking Co. Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Jackson Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Lange Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| M.C. Mine | Zinc, Lead | Unknown | Sphalerite | |
| Oakland Level, Brady Mine, and Mc | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Otto Jean Kelly Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Palzkil Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Reddy Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Reichers Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Truman in 2 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Truman | $5,000 | Some roof damage to a structure on Truman Rd. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Truman | - | Measured tennis ball sized hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calamine | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Slateford | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Belmont | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Darlington | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Avon | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Leslie | 8.1 miles | 13 | |
| Meekers Grove | 9.0 miles | 13 | |
| Elk Grove | 9.2 miles | 13 |
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 Truman | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7847687 | 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 1577859. 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.






