Brookfield, Wisconsin
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Brookfield City. It lies in ZIP code area 53005. The Survey maps it on the Wauwatosa quadrangle. 41,464 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 830 feet above sea level.
On record in Brookfield
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 3 records
Dousman Innlisted 1979
Gredler-Gramins Houselisted 1980- George H. and Frances Daubner Houselisted 2022
Population over time
2 figuresBrookfield grew from 37,920 to 41,464 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 | 37,920 | |
| 2020 | 41,464 | +3,544 (+9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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.
- 1892 USGS Waukesha quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Waukesha quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Waukesha quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wauwatosa quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Waukesha quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Oconomowoc quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Oconomowoc quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
38 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Brookfield between 2018 and 2020, burning about 16 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1803041 |
| 26 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2002767 |
| 10 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 367 |
| 25 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2005040 |
| 9 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1802082 |
| 19 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1803729 |
| 7 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1801676 |
| 7 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1801682 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Brookfield: 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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.
Storms near this place
38 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brookfield in 38 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 16 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 4 flash flood, 3 lightning. The reports record 2 deaths and 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1998 | Flash Flood | Brookfield | 2 killed, 1 hurt, $17,300,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brookfield | $200,000 | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Lightning | Brookfield | $105,000 | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Flash Flood | Brookfield | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Flash Flood | Brookfield | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brookfield | $25,000 | The Waukesha County Emergency Manager reported trees and power lines were blown down in Brookfield from damaging thunderstorm wind gusts that were estimated up to 65 mph (56 knots). One tree fell onto a church roof causing damage to the roof. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brookfield | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brookfield | $10,000 | Shingle and fascia damage to several homes in the area. Tree branches down. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brookfield | $10,000 | Trees and power lines down. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brookfield | $10,000 | Power lines down. |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brookfield | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brookfield | $6,000 | Scattered trees and power lines down from Brookfield to New Berlin. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brookfield | $5,000 | Multiple reports of tree damage from Brookfield to New Berlin. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brookfield | $5,000 | Multiple trees and some wires down across Brookfield and New Berlin. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brookfield | $3,000 | Tree damage in Brookfield. |
| May 2001 | Lightning | Brookfield | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brookfield | $2,000 | Powerful thunderstorm winds toppled large trees. Estimated wind gusts were on the order of 52 knots (60 mph). One tree landed on the roof of a home, but there was only minor gutter damage. |
| July 2006 | Flash Flood | Brookfield | $2,000 | Off ramps flooded at Moreland Road and I-94. Flash flood waters eroded dirt and grass on road shoulders. About 1.50 inches of rain fell in 20 minutes ending at 1710CST on the west side of Brookfield. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brookfield | $1,000 | Law enforcement officials reported many trees blown over by wet microburst winds estimated at 64mph (56 knots) in a swath from 3 miles north-northeast of Brookfield to Butler. |
| May 2006 | Lightning | Brookfield | $1,000 | Lightning striking the ground next to a home shattered its windows. |
| September 1997 | Strong Wind | Brookfield | $300 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Brookfield | - | Three quarter inch hail falling with estimated winds of 40 mph. |
| August 2012 | Hail | Brookfield | - | A trained spotter reported nickel-sized hail (0.88 inch in diameter) near the intersection of Interstate 94 and Moorland Road in Brookfield. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brookfield | - | Trees down. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Brookfield | - | Hail covered the ground white. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Brookfield | - | no account filed |
| September 2021 | Hail | Brookfield | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Brookfield | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Brookfield | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Brookfield | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Brookfield | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Brookfield | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Brookfield | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brookfield | - | no account filed |
| November 2005 | Hail | Brookfield | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Flood | Brookfield | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brookfield | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Brookfield | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elm Grove | 1.9 miles | 20 | |
| Calhoun | 3.4 miles | 21 | |
| Marcy | 3.5 miles | 21 | |
| Goerkes Corner | 3.6 miles | 21 | |
| Butler | 3.7 miles | 20 | |
| Duplainville | 4.9 miles | 21 | |
| New Berlin | 5.8 miles | 18 | |
| Fussville | 6.5 miles | 20 |
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 Brookfield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q929024 | 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 1562234. 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.








