Tunnel City, Wisconsin
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Greenfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 54660. The Survey maps it on the Tunnel City quadrangle. 100 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,060 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresTunnel City fell from 106 to 100 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 | 106 | |
| 2020 | 100 | -6 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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 Millston quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Millston quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Tunnel City quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Black River Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
187 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 187 fires within 5 miles of Tunnel City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 151 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 52 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 |
| Debris and open burning | 39 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 32 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 142 FIRE |
| 17 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | TRUCK FIRE |
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 Tunnel City: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ostrine Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tunnel City in 16 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 8 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF2) | Tunnel City | $510,000 | This tornado first developed about 4 miles northwest of Tomah. It then proceeded to move east-northeast crossing Interstate 94 north of Tomah. A house and mobile home were destoyed north of Tomah and another house was significantly damaged northeast of Tomah. The tornado then passed through mainly wooded rural areas before crossing into Juneau County southwest of Mather. Damage estimates for this tornado are just over $500,000. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Tunnel City | $60,000 | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Tunnel City | $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tunnel City | $5,000 | A power line was blown down northwest of Tomah. Sparks from the downed line started a small fire that damaged a garage and burned less than an acre of grassland. |
| July 2008 | Flood | Tunnel City | $4,000 | Water rose over the bridge at Mud Creek and may have been over the bridge during the night. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tunnel City | $3,000 | Several large trees were snapped off southwest of Tunnel City. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tunnel City | $1,000 | Amateur radio reports one tree down in the town of Tomah. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Tunnel City | - | Quarter sized hail fell near Tunnel City. |
| December 2015 | Heavy Rain | Tunnel City | - | A total of 4.42 inches of rain was reported. Other totals around the county included 4.25 inches in Kendall, 4.14 near Warrens, and 3.69 inches at Cashton. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tunnel City | - | Amateur radio operators estimated a 60 miles per hour wind gust. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tunnel City | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tunnel City | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Tunnel City | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tunnel City | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Tunnel City | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tunnel City | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Tomah | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Spring Bank Park | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Tomah | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Jacksonville | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Kirby | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Scotts Junction (historical) | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Valley Junction | 8.7 miles | 11 | |
| Warrens | 9.2 miles | 10 |
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 Tunnel City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7853282 | 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 1575713. 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.






