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Union Grove, Wisconsin

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Union Grove Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53182. The Survey maps it on the Union Grove quadrangle. 4,806 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 774 feet above sea level.

Union Grove within Racine County

Population over time

2 figures

Union Grove fell from 4,915 to 4,806 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.

YearPeople Change
20104,915
20204,806-109 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched 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.

In the county-history sources

993 words on this township

The History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin .., published 1879 names this settlement in its chapter on Union Grove Village. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

The Press, that Archimedean lever which moves the world, is well represented by the Union Grove JSnterprise, an independent paper which was established in September, 1877, by Mr. A. P. Colby, the present proprietor, who is also the editor. It is a weekly, and has a circulation of about 500. It is well gotten up and is well received.

Passage source: The History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin .., published 1879.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Union Grove Village.

Fires near this place

11 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Union Grove between 2018 and 2020, burning about 2 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/undetermined6
Debris and open burning5

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
14 June 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources393
10 June 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources293
5 April 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources27
14 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources28
11 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources25
9 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources111
30 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources153
26 March 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources162

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Racine County

Storms near this place

30 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Union Grove in 30 storm reports between 1995 and 2020: 11 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 heavy rain. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2010Tornado (EF1)Union Grove$5,000,000This tornado is a continuation of a segment that started in Kenosha County. It quickly intensified to an EF-1 rating after moving into Racine County. It moved into southern Racine County about 2.3 miles southwest of Union Grove, around 1,700 feet to the east of the intersection of County Line Road and 224th Avenue. The tornado moved northeast before dissipating near the intersection of County Highway K and County Highway H, about 1/2 mile southeast of Franksville. There were no fatalities, but 2 people were injured in storm-related vehicle accidents. Newspaper articles indicated they were hospitalized. Union Grove bore the brunt of the damage. Eleven buildings, fencing, and trees were damaged on the Racine County Fairgrounds. Large oak trees in Old Settler's Park, which is the northwest corner of the Racine County Fairgrounds, were hit hard. Across the street (STH 11), two businesses had large pieces of roof covering peeled off. One of these, Grove Gear, had about 10,000 square feet of it's roof ripped off, which allowed rain to damage the inside offices and equipment. Newspaper articles indicated that damage to Grove Gear alone was about $1.4 Million. Two other businesses also had roof and siding damage. A residential-care facility had several of its buildings damaged. Around 100 homes in the Village of Union Grove sustained light to moderate damage to roofs, windows, and/or siding, and numerous trees were either uprooted or had large branches broken or snapped. Numerous gas leaks in and around Union Grove were reported. Only one home was extensively damaged and had to be demolished. A semi-trailer truck overturned on Interstate 94 near State Highway 20, blocking the northbound lanes, as the tornado crossed the interstate. Another semi-trailer was blown over on eastbound Highway 20 near the west frontage road next to the interstate. A number of campers were overturned and one was destroyed at the Burlington RV store at the intersection of STH 20 and Interstate-94. WeEnergy Utility estimated that 3200 customers lost electrical power in Racine County. The path of the tornado averaged 75 yards in width. A detailed examination of the tornado path suggests that this tornado consisted of three or four individual vortices, with one taking over as the previous one dissipated. Each vortex had it own path, which resulted in segmented-appearance of the tornado path as shown in the associated image attached to this severe weather episode. Although the header strip for this tornado event indicates a path length of 10.57 miles, a manual map measurement value of 10.67 miles was obtained. The total loss estimate of $5M was received from Racine County Emergency Management. The EF1 estimated wind speed of 105 mph was based on DI 21(MBS) DOD 3. The exact start location is Lat 42.66995 Lon -88.07447. The exact end location is Lat 42.75586 Lon -87.90231.
June 2009Flash FloodUnion Grove$347,000Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding over the southeast part of Racine County. Damage was inflicted on a Union Grove retentiton basin in the Industrial Park Annex. There were some reports of gravel shoulder washouts. Many roads had 1 to 3 feet of water covering the low spots. At least 3 vehicles were submerged in water in the Township of Mount Pleasant. In the city of Racine, traffic had to be diverted due to flooded roads. In Downtown Racine, 6.93 inches of rain was measured in a 24-hour period ending at 2000 CST. ||The initial Uniform Disaster Situation Report generated by the Racine County Emergency Management Director indicated that 94 home were minimally affected by flood waters but the owners were unable to provide damage estimates. One home sustained minor flood damage. An estiamte of at least $347,000 was given in the report for private sector damage. Crop damage wazs noted in the report, but no monetary value was provided. Pulbic sector damage estimates were not available in the report.
May 2004Flash FloodUnion Grove$100,000no account filed
March 2005Thunderstorm WindUnion Grove$50,000Portions of a roof were found on a road. Powerlines down.
August 2001Tornado (F1)Union Grove$25,000Thia weak tornado spun up in north-central Kenosha County, about 3.5 miles northeast of Paris. It exited Kenosha County about 3.7 miles northeast of Paris, or .8 miles east of the intersection of KR and D, and entered Racine County about 2.8 miles east-southeast of Union Grove. It proceeded northeast toward the intersection of Interstate 94 and Highway 11, and eventually dissipated 1.8 miles northwest of Sturtevant. Luckily, the tornado circulation wasn't at ground level the entire time, and traveled part of the time over some swamp land, otherwise there would have been more damage. In Racine County, the tornado intensified to the top of the F1 rating (winds about 87 to 96 knots, or 100 to 110 mph), and demolished a hay shed, damaged a pole barn (horse trailer inside was pushed through a closed door), flattened some fence, uprooted or snapped many trees, damaged a road sign, damaged a Sheriff Department speed trailer at the I-94/Hwy 11 intersection, and flattened some corn crop. A couple of power line poles were also damaged. Eyewitness reports indicated that the tornado briefly consisted of multiple vortices, and sounded like a jet engine. Average path length was about 25 yards. Synoptically, a 500 mb circulation center moved northeast through southeast Wisconsin at the time of the tornado. Scattered thunderstorms associated with the low moved northeast at about 30 mph. Maximum air temperatures during the afternoon were in the lower 80s with surface dewpoints in the mid to upper 60s.
May 2000HailUnion Grove$5,000no account filed
July 2017Thunderstorm WindUnion Grove$3,000Several branches down including one 15 inches in diameter.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindUnion Grove$2,000Scattered tree limbs or trees down in Union Grove.
July 1998LightningUnion Grove$2,000no account filed
April 2020Heavy RainUnion Grove$500Sixty-Seventh Dr. was closed between 58th Rd. and Mill Ave. due to high water on a portion of the road.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindUnion Grove-Several large trees blown down by thunderstorm winds and tree debris was noted on several streets.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindUnion Grove-Powerful thunderstorm winds knocked down a few large trees.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindUnion Grove-Powerful thunderstorm winds knocked down a few large trees.
May 2014HailUnion Grove-no account filed
March 2012HailUnion Grove-no account filed
May 2011Thunderstorm WindUnion Grove-no account filed
June 2009Funnel CloudUnion Grove-no account filed
March 2007HailUnion Grove-no account filed
March 2007HailUnion Grove-no account filed
March 2007HailUnion Grove-no account filed
October 2006HailUnion Grove-no account filed
August 2005Funnel CloudUnion Grove-no account filed
June 2004HailUnion Grove-no account filed
May 2004HailUnion Grove-no account filed
August 2003HailUnion Grove-no account filed
August 2003Heavy RainUnion Grove-no account filed
September 2000FloodUnion Grove-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindUnion Grove-no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindUnion Grove-no account filed
April 1995HailUnion Grove-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Racine County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Hickory Haven1.7 miles18
Harvest View Estates3.0 miles16
Kansasville3.1 miles18
Yorkville3.9 miles18
Eagle Lake4.3 miles19
Lorimar Estates4.3 miles19
Eagle Lake Manor4.5 miles19
Eagle Lake Terrace4.8 miles19

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 Union GroveAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1322056The 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 1575902. 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.

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.