Woodford, Wisconsin
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Wiota town. It lies in ZIP code area 53504. It stands on Trotter Branch. The Survey maps it on the Argyle quadrangle. 71 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 794 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWoodford grew from 69 to 71 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 | 69 | |
| 2020 | 71 | +2 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1923 USGS South Wayne quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Argyle quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS South Wayne quadrangle1:62500
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
1,653 words on this townshipHistory of Lafayette County, Wisconsin, Containing an Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources; an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities, Towns and Villages ... Its War Record, Biographical Sketches ... the Whole Preceded by a History of Wisconsin, Statistics of the State, and an Abstract of Its Laws and Constitution, and of the Constitution of the United States, published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Wiota Town covers the township.
Read the chapter on Wiota Town - 1,653 words.
Fires near this place
8 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Woodford between 2018 and 2020, burning about 39 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 June 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018018 |
| 24 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2020002 |
| 15 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2019004 |
| 25 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018013 |
| 23 March 2018 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018007 |
| 21 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 23 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018012 |
| 17 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2020001 |
| 6 November 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2020015 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Woodford: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argyle Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Scott Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Along Apple Bran | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Along Apple Bran | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Argyle Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Berg Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| G.A. Watson | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Niffenegger Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Shager Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woodford in 5 storm reports between 1994 and 2014: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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 1994 | Tornado (F1) | Woodford | $500,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodford | $45,000 | A 60 foot by 120 foot pole barn was mostly leveled. The steel sheeting from the barn was blown about 1/4 mile to the northeast. The collapse of the pole barn damaged tractors, a combine, and other farm equipment. Another farm lost roofs from two sheds and several large trees were downed with a fallen tree totaling a car. At yet another residence, fallen trees damaged two buildings. Finally another residence had a 16 inch spruce tree snapped off at the base and it partially landed on the home damaging the sofitts and gutters. |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodford | $18,000 | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Woodford | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Woodford | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argyle | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Wiota | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| South Wayne | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Lamont | 7.6 miles | 14 | |
| Riverside | 9.3 miles | 12 | |
| Gratiot | 9.7 miles | 12 | |
| Red Rock | 9.8 miles | 12 | |
| Blanchardville | 11.2 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 Woodford | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8032644 | 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 1576987. 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.







