Delafield, Wisconsin
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Delafield City. It lies in ZIP code area 53018. The Survey maps it on the Oconomowoc East quadrangle. 7,185 people lived here at the 2020 count.
On record in Delafield
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 6 records
Bishopsteadlisted 1984
Delafield Fish Hatcherylisted 1981
Hawks Innlisted 1972
St. John Chrysostom Churchlisted 1972
St. John's Military Academylisted 1977- Nashotah House Theological Seminarylisted 2017
Population over time
2 figuresDelafield grew from 7,085 to 7,185 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 | 7,085 | |
| 2020 | 7,185 | +100 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 23 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 Oconomowoc quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1909 USGS Oconomowoc quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Hartland quadrangle1:62500
- 1959 USGS Oconomowoc East quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Oconomowoc quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Oconomowoc quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Delafield between 2018 and 2020, burning about 7 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 | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1802995 |
| 16 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 381 |
| 19 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1839 |
| 30 June 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1801911 |
| 28 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 190 |
| 2 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 125 |
| 1 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 124 |
| 9 April 2020 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 157 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Delafield: 5 producers, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dousman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Evans Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| North Sawyer Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pit Wolf Constr. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Vogt Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Vulcan Dousman Pit 422 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
23 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Delafield in 23 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 4 lightning, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delafield | $25,000 | A local newspaper reported trees and power lines were downed and a few homes damaged by severe thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 70 mph (61 knots). |
| May 1998 | Lightning | Delafield | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delafield | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Lightning | Delafield | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Delafield | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delafield | $4,000 | Several trees damaged in Delafield. |
| May 1998 | Lightning | Delafield | $4,000 | no account filed |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delafield | $3,000 | Several trees and wires down in and near Delafield. |
| August 2002 | Lightning | Delafield | $3,000 | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delafield | $2,000 | About a half a dozen large branches and tops of trees broken off along with two downed and split trees. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delafield | $1,000 | A large tree down. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delafield | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delafield | $1,000 | no account filed |
| September 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delafield | - | Powerful thunderstorm wind gusts toppled a few large trees and sheared off a couple pine trees. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delafield | - | Trees were reported down with the damaging winds. Penny sized hail was also noted for 5 minutes within the swath of wind damage. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Delafield | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Delafield | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Delafield | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Delafield | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Delafield | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Delafield | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Delafield | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delafield | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nashotah | 2.6 miles | 23 | |
| Buena Vista | 2.8 miles | 22 | |
| Waterville | 3.4 miles | 23 | |
| Chenequa | 3.6 miles | 23 | |
| Summit Corners | 3.7 miles | 23 | |
| Pewaukee West | 4.0 miles | 22 | |
| Okauchee | 4.0 miles | 23 | |
| Summit Center | 4.1 miles | 23 |
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 Delafield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1570178 | 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 1563872. 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.







