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Wautoma, Wisconsin

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Wautoma City. It lies in ZIP code area 54982. It stands on Soules Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wautoma quadrangle. 2,209 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 863 feet above sea level.

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Wautoma within Waushara County

On record in Wautoma

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

Population over time

2 figures

Wautoma fell from 2,218 to 2,209 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
20102,218
20202,209-9 (-0%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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.

Fires near this place

234 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 234 fires within 5 miles of Wautoma between 1992 and 2020, burning about 249 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 16 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 burning88
Missing data/not specified/undetermined52
Equipment and vehicle use28
Arson/incendiarism16
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Natural7
Recreation and ceremony7
Fireworks4
Other causes4
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 September 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesROCKET FIRE
22 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesWHITE PINE
14 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesMIELKE WAY RD
9 August 1996Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Waushara County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Wautoma: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Kelly PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Radtkes PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Waushara County

Storms near this place

52 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wautoma in 52 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 31 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 2 lightning, 2 flood. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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
July 2002Thunderstorm WindWautoma1 killed, 1 hurtno account filed
September 2011Thunderstorm WindWautoma$500,000Thunderstorm winds, with gusts to 70 mph, downed power lines and snapped the limbs of or uprooted thousands of trees throughout the county.
April 1999LightningWautoma$75,000no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindWautoma$25,000no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindWautoma$10,000no account filed
August 2005Tornado (F0)Wautoma$5,000no account filed
April 1999LightningWautoma$3,000no account filed
September 1997Thunderstorm WindWautoma$2,000no account filed
June 2017FloodWautoma$1,000Heavy rainfall from thunderstorms caused some street flooding in Wautoma.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindWautoma$1,000no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindWautoma$1,000no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindWautoma-Thunderstorm winds downed trees near Wautoma. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindWautoma-Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Wautoma. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindWautoma-Thunderstorms produced a wind gust to 66 mph at the Wautoma airport.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindWautoma-Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees near Wautoma. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
June 2020HailWautoma-Ping pong ball size hail fell near Wautoma.
June 2020HailWautoma-Quarter size hail fell near Wautoma.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindWautoma-Thunderstorms produced a wind gust to 61 mph at Wautoma Municipal Airport.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindWautoma-Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees north of Wautoma.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindWautoma-Thunderstorm winds downed trees across Waushara County. The time of this report was estimated based on radar data.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindWautoma-Thunderstorm winds snapped and uprooted a couple of trees south of Wautoma.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindWautoma-Thunderstorm winds downed several trees around Wautoma.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindWautoma-Several trees were knocked down by thunderstorm winds estimated near 65 mph northwest of Wautoma. The storm also dropped pea size hail as it passed.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindWautoma-Thunderstorm winds blew down road construction barricades in the Wautoma area. The time of this event was estimated based on radar data.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindWautoma-Thunderstorm winds downed large trees in Wautoma.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindWautoma-Thunderstorm wind gusts of 80 to 90 mph downed 12-inch diameter trees in western Waushara County.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindWautoma-Thunderstorm wind gusts of 80 to 90 mph downed numerous trees north and northwest of Wautoma, including a 100-year-old oak tree. Many trees were knocked down along Highway 73, some blocking the road.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindWautoma-Thunderstorm wind gusts to 80 mph downed large trees about 4 miles north of Wautoma.
April 2011HailWautoma-Thunderstorms produced golf ball size hail that fell at Wautoma.
June 2011HailWautoma-Quarter to golf ball size hail reported by spotters and law enforcement in Wautoma.
June 2011HailWautoma-Half dollar size hail was reported in Wautoma.
March 2008Heavy RainWautoma-Heavy rain fell across much of Waushara County. The highest precipitation totals were 1.20 inches near Wautoma and 1.12 inches at Hancock.
July 2007Flash FloodWautoma-As much as 4.50 inches of rain fell in about two hours around Wautoma between 7:30 and 9:30 PM. The heavy rain caused waters to rapidly rise on roads in Wautoma, temporarily closing them. Two basements also experienced flooding.
July 2007Heavy RainWautoma-An automated rain gauge from a local television station Weathernet reported 3.09 inches of rain at Wautoma.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindWautoma-Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees at scattered locations around the county. Heavy rainfall with the storms resulted in some street flooding in Wautoma.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindWautoma-Trees in Wautoma were blown down by straight-line thunderstorm winds.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindWautoma-no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindWautoma-no account filed
July 2005Funnel CloudWautoma-no account filed
May 2001HailWautoma-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindWautoma-no account filed
June 1999FloodWautoma-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindWautoma-no account filed
May 1998HailWautoma-no account filed
July 1998HailWautoma-no account filed
June 1998HailWautoma-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindWautoma-no account filed
March 1998HailWautoma-no account filed
July 1997HailWautoma-no account filed
July 1995HailWautoma-no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindWautoma-no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindWautoma-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Waushara 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
Silver Lake3.5 miles8
Mount Morris5.8 miles8
Bannerman6.3 miles14
Dakota6.9 miles10
Wild Rose7.5 miles8
Spring Lake7.7 miles8
Richford8.6 miles7
Lohrville9.4 miles8

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 WautomaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q520588The 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 1576330. 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.