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Weyauwega, Wisconsin

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Weyauwega City. It lies in ZIP code area 54983. The Survey maps it on the Weyauwega quadrangle. 1,796 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Weyauwega within Waupaca County

Population over time

2 figures

Weyauwega fell from 1,900 to 1,796 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
20101,900
20201,796-104 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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

139 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Weyauwega between 1992 and 2020, burning about 155 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 6 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 burning41
Equipment and vehicle use39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Railroad operations and maintenance14
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking5
Other causes4
Natural4
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.5 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesWEGA HILL FIRE
24 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesHAULING
18 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesLITTLE FEATHER -1 FIRE
15 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesLITTLE FEATHER - 2 FIRE
15 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesLITTLE FEATHER - 3 FIRE
15 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesLITTLE FEATHER - 4 FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Waupaca County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Weyauwega: 2 past producers. None of them 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Scheider MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Scheider PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Waupaca County

Storms near this place

14 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Weyauwega in 14 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2019Tornado (EF0)Weyauwega$150,000Brief tornado damaged several trees (DI 27,28, DOD 2,3) on the south side of Weyauwega. Peak wind estimated at 75 mph.
August 1997LightningWeyauwega$50,000no account filed
July 2007Thunderstorm WindWeyauwega$10,000Straight-line thunderstorm winds downed numerous large trees, knocking some of the trees onto houses. Two large maple trees in the backyard of one residence broke windows, damaged siding and tore soffits and rain gutters from the house. Oakwood Cemetery sustained widespread damage to large trees and some headstones. The damage there was still being cleaned up 6 days after the storm.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindWeyauwega$10,000no account filed
May 2024HailWeyauwega-Quarter size hail fell near Weyauwega. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
June 2011Heavy RainWeyauwega-Thunderstorms dropped a quick 1.25 inches of rain in Weyauwega, causing brief flooding on U.S. Highway 10 between Weyauwega and Fremont.
July 2010Funnel CloudWeyauwega-A funnel cloud was spotted in downtown Weyauwega.
July 2008HailWeyauwega-Dime size hail fell east of Waupaca.
July 2007HailWeyauwega-no account filed
July 2006HailWeyauwega-no account filed
April 2005Thunderstorm WindWeyauwega-no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindWeyauwega-no account filed
May 2002Funnel CloudWeyauwega-no account filed
September 1998HailWeyauwega-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Waupaca 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
Evanswood2.2 miles7
Gills Landing3.0 miles7
Baldwins Mill4.8 miles7
Red Banks5.0 miles8
Hatton (historical)5.2 miles7
Fremont5.6 miles8
Ostrander7.1 miles7
Little Wolf (historical)7.2 miles7

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 WeyauwegaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1570103The 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 1576590. 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.