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Dousman, Wisconsin

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Dousman Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53118. It stands on Scuppernong Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oconomowoc East quadrangle. 2,419 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 866 feet above sea level.

Dousman within Waukesha County

Population over time

2 figures

Dousman grew from 2,302 to 2,419 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,302
20202,419+117 (+5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 23 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

11 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Dousman between 2018 and 2020, burning about 9 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined6
Debris and open burning3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
19 July 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1839
30 June 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1801911
9 April 2020Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources157
4 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1800908
29 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources150
24 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1801131
22 April 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1000111
10 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1800969

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Waukesha County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Dousman: 4 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 4 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dousman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Evans Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
North Sawyer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pit Wolf Constr.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Silver Lake Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Vulcan Dousman Pit 422Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Waukesha PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Waukesha County

Storms near this place

32 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dousman in 32 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 21 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2000Thunderstorm WindDousman$150,000no account filed
April 2008Thunderstorm WindDousman$30,000Powerful thunderstorm winds uprooted trees and broken branches fell onto power lines. The end result was a power outage.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindDousman$30,000no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindDousman$15,000Numerous trees and wires down across much of western Waukesha County.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindDousman$8,000no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindDousman$4,000A tree fell onto a power pole knocking it down.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindDousman$2,000A large tree was uprooted in Ottawa Town Park and a large branch snapped on a second large tree.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindDousman$2,000Multiple trees down on highway 67 and Road X. Additional trees down near highway 67 and Highway ZZ.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindDousman$2,000Multiple trees down near highway 67 in the village of Eagle and the town of Ottawa.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindDousman$1,000A tree was uprooted.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindDousman$1,000no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindDousman$1,000no account filed
August 2013Thunderstorm WindDousman$500A tree down.
May 2025HailDousman-Photograph provided.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindDousman-Local newspapers reported trees down southwest of Dousman due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 56 knots (64 mph). A motorcyclist was injured when he had to lay down his bike to avoid a downed tree across the road. The wind sensor at the National Weather Service office recorded a peak wind gust of 54 mph (47 knots).
June 2010Thunderstorm WindDousman-Law enforcement officials reported a number of tress blown down across the town due to strong thunderstorm winds.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindDousman-Police officials reported trees and power lines blown down from damaging thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 56 knots (65 mph).
June 2008Thunderstorm WindDousman-Powerful thunderstorms winds knocked down a few large trees.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindDousman-Tree limbs and trees down.
June 2022HailDousman-no account filed
July 2017HailDousman-no account filed
July 2017HailDousman-no account filed
June 2008HailDousman-no account filed
April 2007Heavy RainDousman-no account filed
May 2005HailDousman-no account filed
September 2005Thunderstorm WindDousman-no account filed
September 2001Thunderstorm WindDousman-no account filed
June 1999HailDousman-no account filed
August 1998HailDousman-no account filed
June 1997HailDousman-no account filed
June 1995HailDousman-no account filed
April 1994Thunderstorm WindDousman-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Waukesha County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Utica0.9 miles23
Waterville1.9 miles23
Ottawa2.9 miles23
Summit Center3.4 miles23
Golden Lake3.7 miles18
Summit Corners4.3 miles23
Delafield4.9 miles23
Wales5.1 miles23

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 DousmanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2927983The 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 1564086. 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.