Cudahy, Wisconsin
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Cudahy City. It lies in ZIP code area 53110. The Survey maps it on the South Milwaukee quadrangle. 18,204 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 722 feet above sea level.
On record in Cudahy
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 2 records
Cudahy Chicago and North Western Railway Depotlisted 2013- Holy Family Roman Catholic Church Complexlisted 2021
Population over time
2 figuresCudahy fell from 18,267 to 18,204 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 | 18,267 | |
| 2020 | 18,204 | -63 (-0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1891 USGS Bayview quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Bayview quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS South Milwaukee quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS South Milwaukee quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Racine quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
14 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Cudahy between 2018 and 2020, burning about 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1778160 |
| 5 August 2018 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1383 |
| 18 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2001474 |
| 29 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1343 |
| 24 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1762641 |
| 3 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2000944 |
| 3 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1734269 |
| 27 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1391 |
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 Cudahy: 1 past producer, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dcs Mill | Iron | Plant | ||
| Lake Michigan Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cudahy in 8 storm reports between 2002 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cudahy | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cudahy | $40,000 | The City of Cudahy Emergency Manager reported numerous trees down in the city. One tree severely damaged a mobile home-trailer. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Cudahy | $20,000 | Hail and 40 to 50 mph winds caused some siding damage. |
| October 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cudahy | $7,000 | Many trees and branches down. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cudahy | $5,000 | A large tree branch down on a car. A few other large branches down. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cudahy | $1,000 | A large tree down near Mitchell Field. |
| August 2014 | Hail | Cudahy | - | no account filed |
| November 2013 | Hail | Cudahy | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Francis | 1.0 miles | 16 | |
| South Milwaukee | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Oak Creek | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Carrollville | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Milwaukee | 6.0 miles | 18 | |
| West Milwaukee | 6.9 miles | 18 | |
| Greendale | 7.2 miles | 16 | |
| Oakwood | 7.8 miles | 17 |
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 Cudahy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1569290 | 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 1563607. 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.






