Brown Deer, Wisconsin
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Brown Deer Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53209. The Survey maps it on the Thiensville quadrangle. 12,507 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 692 feet above sea level.
On record in Brown Deer
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 1 record
Brown Deer Schoollisted 1993
Population over time
2 figuresBrown Deer grew from 11,999 to 12,507 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 | 11,999 | |
| 2020 | 12,507 | +508 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 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 Milwaukee quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Thiensville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1980 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
29 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Brown Deer between 2014 and 2020, burning about 29 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1778249 |
| 9 August 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1768522 |
| 7 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1767699 |
| 7 August 2020 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1767727 |
| 22 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1772992 |
| 21 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1772607 |
| 13 August 2020 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1769924 |
| 8 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1804347 |
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 Brown Deer: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: REE, Thorium, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cerac Inc. | REE, Thorium | Past Producer | ||
| Own Crews | Stone | Unknown |
Storms near this place
29 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brown Deer in 29 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 13 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 3 heavy rain, 3 flash 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 | Flash Flood | Brown Deer | $77,970,000 | Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding across much of Milwaukee County. Water depths on some roads reached 3 to 4 feet and many cars stalled. Water entered many homes and businesses. Two other flash flood event occurred in Milwaukee County on June 7th. Collectively, these 3 flash floods resulted in home and business damage along with some crop losses. It was nearly impossible to break down the damages by flash flood event. Therefore, the collective breakdown for the 3 flash flood events is provided in the June 8th StormData entry for Milwaukee County.||The collective breakdown for residential home losses were: 3957 minimally affected, 2583 with minor damage, and 1135 with major damage (total of $32/301 million for home losses). The total business losses were $5.855 million. Crop losses were $15.5 thousand. Public sector damage was about $40.814 million. Several roads and bridges that sustained damage. On June 7th, 4.93 inches of rain fell at Milwaukee Mitchell Field, breaking the old record rainfall for the date which was 2.44 inches (June 7, 1916). On June 8th, 2.25 inches of rain broke the old record rainfall for the date which was 1.24 inches (June 8, 1974). Combined, these two days of rainfall broke the 48-hour all-time rainfall record at Milwaukee. The previous record was 6.84 inches, which was recorded on August 5-6, 1986. On June 7-8, 2008, Milwaukee observed 7.18 inches of rain. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Brown Deer | $1,990,000 | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Brown Deer | $1,990,000 | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Lightning | Brown Deer | $25,000 | Dozens of power outages resulted from lightning stikes throughout Milwaukee County. About 1400 customers were left without electrical power. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brown Deer | $25,000 | Powerful thunderstorm wind gusts up to 52 knots (60 mph) toppled several large trees and damaged some power-lines. |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brown Deer | $12,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Brown Deer | $10,000 | Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding across the northern part of Milwaukee County. Water depths on some roads reached 3 to 4 feet and many cars stalled. Water entered many homes and businesses. Another flash flood event occurred across mostly southern Milwaukee County on June 7th, and another flash flood event occurred on June 8th. Collectively, these 3 flash floods resulted in home and business damage along with some crop losses. It was nearly impossible to break down the damages by flash flood event. Therefore, the collective breakdown for the 3 flash flood events is provided in the June 8th StormData entry for Milwaukee County. |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Brown Deer | $5,000 | Flash flooding of streets including a flooded Green Bay Road after a quick 2-2.5 inches of rainfall. |
| September 2010 | Lightning | Brown Deer | $3,000 | Damage to an antenna and minor electrical damage due to a lightning strike to a residence was reported by the county emergency manager. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brown Deer | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brown Deer | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brown Deer | $2,000 | Several trees down. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brown Deer | $2,000 | Several tree branches down. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brown Deer | $800 | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brown Deer | $500 | A large tree limb down. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brown Deer | $500 | A large tree branch down. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brown Deer | - | A trained spotter measured a thunderstorm wind gust at 61 mph (53 knots) 4 miles west of Brown Deer. The wind gusts snapped small trees, with trunks about 6 inches in diameter. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Brown Deer | - | The ground was covered white by the hail. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Brown Deer | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Brown Deer | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Heavy Rain | Brown Deer | - | no account filed |
| October 2006 | Hail | Brown Deer | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Heavy Rain | Brown Deer | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Heavy Rain | Brown Deer | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Brown Deer | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Brown Deer | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brown Deer | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brown Deer | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brown Deer | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| River Hills | 2.3 miles | 19 | |
| Glendale | 2.5 miles | 19 | |
| Fox Point | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Bayside | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Granville | 4.3 miles | 20 | |
| West Granville | 4.5 miles | 20 | |
| Whitefish Bay | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| Shorewood | 6.5 miles | 18 |
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 Brown Deer | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2346859 | 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 1562261. 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.







