Waldo, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Waldo Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53093. The Survey maps it on the Plymouth South quadrangle. 467 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 856 feet above sea level.
On record in Waldo
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Onion River Flouring Mill/Grist Milllisted 1984
Population over time
2 figuresWaldo fell from 503 to 467 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 | 503 | |
| 2020 | 467 | -36 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Sheboygan Falls quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Plymouth South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Sheboygan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Waldo between 2018 and 2020, burning about 14 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 352 |
| 29 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 240 |
| 23 June 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 189 |
| 7 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 127 |
| 17 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1511 |
| 16 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1506 |
| 12 May 2020 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 23 |
| 7 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 94 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Waldo: 2 past producers, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bucholz Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cascade Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Skelton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waldo in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Waldo | $402,300 | Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding across parts of eastern Sheboygan County. Water depths on road surfaces reached 3 feet or more and there were gravel washouts. Erosion damage was noted at Kohler Andrae State Park. Some farm fields remained flooded into early July. The breakdown for residential home losses were: 30 minimally affected, and 30 with minor damage (total of $148.5 thousand for home losses). There were no business losses. Crop losses were estimated at $300 thousand. Public sector damage was about $253.9 thousand. A couple roads and bridges sustained minor damage. |
| August 1996 | Lightning | Waldo | $130,000 | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waldo | $60,000 | A swath of structural damage to barns and outbuildings in the Lima area. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waldo | $30,000 | A barn blown down and two 2X4s blown into a nearby house. |
| April 2008 | Flash Flood | Waldo | $10,000 | Heavy rains due to training thunderstorms resulted in brief flash flooding in on the northwest side of Waldo. There were gravel shoulder washouts and mud deposits on roads near a creek that feeds into Waldo Mill Pond. Water depths on roads were at least 6 inches. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waldo | $1,000 | A large tree down. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waldo | - | Fire officials reported tree damage by thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 56 knots (65 mph). |
| May 2006 | Hail | Waldo | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Waldo | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waldo | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hingham | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Cascade | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Adell | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Kennedys Corners (historical) | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| New Paris | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Plymouth Country View Estates | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Plymouth | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Gibbsville | 6.6 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 Waldo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3301015 | 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 1576152. 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.




