Wonewoc, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Wonewoc Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53968. It lies near Castle Rocks. The Survey maps it on the Wonewoc quadrangle. 758 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 961 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWonewoc fell from 816 to 758 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 | 816 | |
| 2020 | 758 | -58 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1956 USGS Reedsburg quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Wonewoc quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Sparta quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
50 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Wonewoc between 1992 and 2020, burning about 84 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | CO RD G |
| 17 June 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | WILKINSON RD |
| 15 June 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | TOWNSHED RD |
| 4 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 201917 |
| 13 May 2003 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Wonewoc: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wonewoc in 11 storm reports between 1994 and 2018: 6 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Flood | Wonewoc | $150,000 | Water was over Geier Road due to flooding from Crossman Creek. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Wonewoc | $40,000 | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wonewoc | $3,000 | Numerous trees were blown down in the Township of Wonewoc. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wonewoc | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down in Wonewoc. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wonewoc | $2,000 | Trees were blown down in Wonewoc. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Wonewoc | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Wonewoc | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wonewoc | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Wonewoc | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Wonewoc | - | no account filed |
| September 1994 | Hail | Wonewoc | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Center | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Elroy | 6.6 miles | 11 | |
| Lindina | 8.4 miles | 12 | |
| Mauston | 12.6 miles | 12 | |
| Lemonweir | 14.2 miles | 12 | |
| Hustler | 15.9 miles | 13 | |
| New Lisbon | 15.9 miles | 12 | |
| Orange Mill | 17.2 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 Wonewoc | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3306668 | 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 1576954. 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.






