Warrens, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Warrens Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54666. It stands on Beltz Creek. The Survey maps it on the Warrens East quadrangle. 544 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,017 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWarrens grew from 363 to 544 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 | 363 | |
| 2020 | 544 | +181 (+50%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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 Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Wyeville quadrangle1:48000
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Warrens East quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Black River Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
152 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Warrens between 1992 and 2020, burning about 253 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 41 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 38 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Other causes | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | ARCTIC FIRE |
| 27 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | ASPEN FIRE |
| 26 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 September 2013 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | WANG FIRE |
| 8 August 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
31 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Warrens in 31 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 14 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 4 injuries. 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 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Warrens | 3 hurt, $75,000 | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warrens | 1 hurt, $4,000 | Several trees were blown down in Jellystone Park. One tree landed on a camper and injured someone. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Warrens | $3,100,000 | Heavy rains, with totals of 6 to 8 inches, produced flash flooding across the western and central sections of Monroe County. A mudslide occurred between Sparta and Tomah in the Jackson Pass area that blocked State Highway 16. In Sparta, water spilled over the dam at Perch Lake prompting officials to advise people who lived downstream along the La Crosse River to evacuate, including a trailer park and water went over several roads. Around 10 roads across the county were closed because of the flooding. |
| July 2017 | Flood | Warrens | $3,050,000 | After the initial round of flash flooding, the lingering flood waters continued to cause problems across Monroe County into Friday, July 21st. Thirty-nine families across the county had to be evacuated and another 56 were affected by the flooding. State Highway 131 in the far southern part of the county was closed because of flooding along the Kickapoo River and State Highway 27 between Leon and Sparta was also closed. Several township roads were flooded along the La Crosse and Baraboo Rivers. A total of 10 state or county highways were closed because of the flooding. One home sustained major damage and another eight suffered minor damage. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Warrens | $500,000 | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warrens | $500,000 | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warrens | $150,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warrens | $25,000 | Public reported fallen trees near Warrens. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warrens | $22,000 | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Flood | Warrens | $20,000 | A cranberry dam failed and washed out a portion of County Road O north of Warrens. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Warrens | $15,000 | no account filed |
| September 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warrens | $10,000 | Trees were blown down and damage to a roof and siding occurred in Warrens. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Warrens | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warrens | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warrens | $5,000 | Widespread trees down, some with 15 inch diameters. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warrens | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warrens | $750 | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Warrens | $750 | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warrens | $500 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Warrens | - | Variable hail sizes of up to 1 inch were reported east of Warrens. Leaves and branches were taken off trees. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Warrens | - | Emergency Management reported nickel sized hail near Warrens. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Warrens | - | Quarter sized hail was reported in Warrens. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Warrens | - | Hail that ranged in size from three quarters of an inch up to an inch fell from west of Tomah to Warrens. |
| September 2010 | Heavy Rain | Warrens | - | The storm total rainfall amounted to 4.97 inches. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Warrens | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Warrens | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warrens | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Warrens | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Warrens | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Warrens | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Warrens | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirby | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Valley Junction | 7.1 miles | 11 | |
| North Tomah | 8.3 miles | 14 | |
| Norway Ridge | 9.0 miles | 10 | |
| Tunnel City | 9.2 miles | 14 | |
| Wyeville | 9.4 miles | 11 | |
| Tomah | 10.5 miles | 13 | |
| Spring Bank Park | 10.7 miles | 14 |
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 Warrens | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2054723 | 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 1576222. 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.





