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Wittenberg, Wisconsin

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Wittenberg town. It lies in ZIP code area 54499. The Survey maps it on the Wittenberg quadrangle. 1,015 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 873 feet above sea level.

Wittenberg within Shawano County

Population over time

2 figures

Wittenberg fell from 1,081 to 1,015 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
20101,081
20201,015-66 (-6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

110 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Wittenberg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 171 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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
Equipment and vehicle use40
Debris and open burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Arson/incendiarism5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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
8 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 September 1998Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 August 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 July 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesFIREWORKS PARTY
24 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use3.3 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesHALF MILE
16 July 1997Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 July 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesKILDEER FIRE
1 July 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shawano County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Wittenberg: 9 occurrences, 8 past producers, 2 producers. 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
Anton Buss Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Comet Creek Gravel Deposit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Eland Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Eland Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Elm Road Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Kingbird Lane Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Lilly Lake Gravel Deposit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Mcdevitt Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Packard Creek Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Railroad Creek Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Shawano County

Storms near this place

18 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wittenberg in 18 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 14 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 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 1997Thunderstorm WindWittenberg1 hurt, $300,000no account filed
July 2010Thunderstorm WindWittenberg$50,000Thunderstorm winds downed or snapped numerous trees and downed power lines throughout Wittenburg. The Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School had about 75 feet of its rubber membrane roof and underlying foam insulation peeled from the west side of the gymnasium. Several large pine trees along the south side of the school were uprooted. A camper trailer was blown from its support pad and rolled about 40 feet before resting on its roof. Two of the three pools at the water treatment plant had portions of their plastic thermal covers blown off. Downed trees blocked State Highway 45 causing authorities to close the road for several hours. More than 140 homes were damaged, but damage to most of the homes was minor.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindWittenberg$10,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindWittenberg$2,000no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindWittenberg$1,000no account filed
July 1997LightningWittenberg$1,000no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindWittenberg$1,000no account filed
June 2024HailWittenberg-Penny size hail fell in Wittenberg. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
June 2022Tornado (EF1)Wittenberg-A tornado formed at 5:34 pm CDT near Wittenberg in western Shawano County and continued northeast before dissipating at 5:46 pm CDT near Bowler. Total path length is estimated to be 9.5 miles long, with a width of 125 yards. Peak wind estimated to be around 110 mph.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindWittenberg-Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Wittenberg. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindWittenberg-Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Wittenberg.
August 2006Flash FloodWittenberg-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindWittenberg-no account filed
April 2002Thunderstorm WindWittenberg-no account filed
September 2001Thunderstorm WindWittenberg-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindWittenberg-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindWittenberg-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindWittenberg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Shawano 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
Paac Ciinak2.2 miles7
Eland3.8 miles7
Whitcomb4.1 miles7
Shepley4.3 miles7
Five Corners6.8 miles7
Birnamwood7.6 miles7
Tigerton8.2 miles7
Regina9.1 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 WittenbergAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2671547The 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 1576924. 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.