Whitehall, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Whitehall City. It lies in ZIP code area 54773. It lies near Irvin Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Whitehall quadrangle. 1,645 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 817 feet above sea level.
On record in Whitehall
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
Green Bay and Western Railroad Depotlisted 2006
Population over time
3 figuresWhitehall grew from 267 to 1,645 between 1880 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 267 | |
| 2010 | 1,558 | |
| 2020 | 1,645 | +87 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1926 USGS Whitehall quadrangle1:62500
- 1929 USGS Whitehall quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Whitehall quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Winona quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Whitehall between 2008 and 2020, burning about 1 acre in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 53 |
| 10 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 6021931 |
| 8 April 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 481921 |
| 2 November 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 34 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 38 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Whitehall: 24 past producers, 11 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Own Crews | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Bautch Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Coral City Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| D Lyngen Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Eugene Rebarchek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Independence Sand Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| L Mcrae Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| N Osgood Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Nehring Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Raymond Sobieck Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
33 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whitehall in 33 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 17 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 4 heavy rain, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitehall | $120,000 | Emergency management reported trees and power lines down across central Trempealeau County, mainly in the Independence and Whitehall areas. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Whitehall | $67,000 | Egg sized hail was reported west of Whitehall. |
| June 1998 | Flash Flood | Whitehall | $60,000 | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Lightning | Whitehall | $35,000 | Lightning struck a tree and started a fire in the attic of the nearby house. The damage from the fire was limited to the attic, but smoke damage to bedrooms on the upper level made the house uninhabitable until repairs were made. Firefighters were on the scene for about 2 hours. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitehall | $25,000 | Just south of Whitehall, a pole barn was blown down, other large structures were damaged and numerous tree limbs were blown onto the highway. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitehall | $25,000 | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitehall | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Heavy Rain | Whitehall | $20,000 | A fatal accident occurred during a thunderstorm with heavy rain south of Whitehall. Authorities believe weather was a factor in the head-on two vehicle crash. One person was killed with the other driver sustaining serious injuries. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitehall | $15,000 | Farm outbuildings were damaged southeast of Whitehall. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitehall | $14,000 | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitehall | $10,000 | Power lines were blown down with numerous power outages reported across the northern half of Trempealeau County. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitehall | $10,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down in Whitehall. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitehall | $5,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down in Whitehall. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitehall | $4,000 | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Whitehall | $3,000 | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitehall | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitehall | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Whitehall | $2,500 | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitehall | $2,500 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Whitehall | $2,500 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitehall | $2,500 | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitehall | $2,000 | Trees were blown down in Whitehall. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitehall | $2,000 | Trees were blown down southwest of Whitehall. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Whitehall | $1,500 | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitehall | $750 | no account filed |
| October 2023 | Heavy Rain | Whitehall | - | An automated weather observation station reported 2.84 inches of rainfall in Whitehall. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Whitehall | - | Golfball sized hail fell in Whitehall. |
| August 2010 | Heavy Rain | Whitehall | - | In three hours, 3.17 inches of rain fell. |
| September 2010 | Heavy Rain | Whitehall | - | The storm total rainfall amounted to 6.67 inches. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Whitehall | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Whitehall | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Hail | Whitehall | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Whitehall | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coral City | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Independence | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Pleasantville | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Elk Creek | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Blair | 6.6 miles | 13 | |
| New City (historical) | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Pigeon Falls | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| Hale | 7.4 miles | 12 |
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 Whitehall | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1007811 | 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 1576681. 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.






