Wyocena, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Wyocena Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53969. It stands on Middle Branch Duck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wyocena quadrangle. 756 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 794 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWyocena fell from 768 to 756 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 | 768 | |
| 2020 | 756 | -12 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1901 USGS Poynette quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Poynette quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Wyocena quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
221 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 221 fires within 5 miles of Wyocena between 1992 and 2020, burning about 438 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 12 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 burning | 78 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 52 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 September 2000 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Wyocena: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dann and Wendt Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Manthey Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Quality Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wyocena Dump Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wyocena in 12 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 hail, 1 lightning. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1996 | Lightning | Wyocena | 1 hurt, $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Flash Flood | Wyocena | $40,000 | Thunderstorms with torrential rainfall of 3 to 6 inches (radar estimated) within a couple hours caused low spots on several roads to be washed out near Poynette. In addition, there were other washouts of gravel shoulders on some roads. Several roads had water depths of 1 to 2 feet on low spots. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wyocena | $8,000 | Widespread branches and trees down in Wyocena. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wyocena | $2,000 | Scattered tree limbs down. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wyocena | $2,000 | Three trees down in Wyocena. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wyocena | $2,000 | Several trees and branches down. |
| July 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Wyocena | $1,000 | A weak F0 tornado (60 to 70 mph) spun up 2.6 miles southwest of Wyocena and traveled south-southeast for about one-half mile to a point about 5.5 miles northeast of Poynette. Specifically, it spun up about 0.4 mile north of the intersection of Phillips Rd. and Langdon Rd., and ended about 0.3 mile southeast of the same intersection. Trees were uprooted and crops were damaged. Some lawn furniture and other personal belongings were damaged. |
| April 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Wyocena | - | This brief tornado spun up about 3.85 miles west-southwest of the village of Wyocena just east of the intersection of Dunning Road and Patchin Road. It was captured in a video tape. Only some damage to tree branches was noted. The starting and ending lat-lon numbers are N43.47857/W89.37096 and N43.48060/w89.36700. On the EF-Scale, this tornado was given a rating of EF0, based on DI #27 (TH), DOD2. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Wyocena | - | no account filed |
| October 2006 | Hail | Wyocena | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wyocena | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wyocena | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pardeeville | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Rio | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Marcellon | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Lowville | 7.9 miles | 12 | |
| Belle Fountain | 8.5 miles | 12 | |
| Portage | 8.7 miles | 13 | |
| Poynette | 8.8 miles | 13 | |
| Dekorra | 8.8 miles | 13 |
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 Wyocena | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1570202 | 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 1577066. 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.





