Unity, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Unity Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54488. The Survey maps it on the Spencer North quadrangle. 384 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,335 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Abbotsford quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Abbotsford quadrangle1:62500
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Spencer North quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Marshfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Unity between 2019 and 2020, burning about 1 acre in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20042 |
| 5 May 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19027 |
| 15 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 60 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Unity: 4 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dill Creek Granite Quarry #1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Elm Road Granite Quarry #1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hoffman Granite Boulder Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Raeder Creek Granite Quarry #1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Raeder Creek Granite Quarry #2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Winding Creek Granite Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
5 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Unity in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 2 hail, 2 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 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Unity | $330,000 | A tornado touched down southwest of Unity, moved through the village, and ended northeast of town in Marathon County (NWS Green Bay's warning area). Besides damage to trees and power lines, several homes and garages had extensive damage, especially to roofs. |
| September 2014 | Flood | Unity | - | Locally heavy rain caused street flooding to occur in Unity which sent water over State Highway 13. |
| July 2011 | Flood | Unity | - | Rising water along the Little Eau Pleine River threatened a home in Unity. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Unity | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Unity | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colby | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Riplinger | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Abbotsford | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Atwood | 9.1 miles | 11 | |
| Curtiss | 9.5 miles | 11 | |
| Dorchester | 10.5 miles | 6 | |
| Veefkind | 11.4 miles | 11 | |
| Spokeville | 11.5 miles | 11 |
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 Unity | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3306784 | 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 1575925. 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.






