Brownsville, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Brownsville Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53006. The Survey maps it on the Lomira quadrangle. 598 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 997 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBrownsville grew from 581 to 598 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 | 581 | |
| 2020 | 598 | +17 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1955 USGS Campbellsport quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Lomira quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Fond Du Lac quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Brownsville between 2018 and 2020, burning about 59 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 40 |
| 29 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18062 |
| 21 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19023 |
| 2 April 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20012 |
| 19 March 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18042 |
| 23 November 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1811060 |
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 Brownsville: 5 producers, 3 past producers, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Limestone, Dimension, Calcium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farmersville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Western Lime-Knowles Quarry | Calcium | Producer | ||
| El Dais Stone Company Plant | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Farmersville Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Oakfield Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Oakfield Quarry,Eden Stone Co Inc | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Byron Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hoppe Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Reischke Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brownsville in 4 storm reports between 2005 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Brownsville | $45,000 | Tornado started southwest of Lomira and north of County Rd AH. While briefly on the ground, it destroyed a barn west of Highway 67. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownsville | $25,000 | A pole shed, machine shed, and silo were damaged. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownsville | - | Large tree branches were reported blown down from thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 61 mph (52 knots). |
| July 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Brownsville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nasbro | 1.7 miles | 10 | |
| Lomira | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Knowles | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Farmersville | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| LeRoy | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Theresa Station | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Kekoskee | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Theresa | 7.2 miles | 9 |
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 Brownsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2041976 | 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 1562277. 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.




