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.
Population over time
2 figuresDousman 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,302 | |
| 2020 | 2,419 | +117 (+5%) |
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
11 since 2018Regional 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/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 9 April 2020 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 157 |
| 4 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1800908 |
| 29 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 150 |
| 24 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1801131 |
| 22 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1000111 |
| 10 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1800969 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional 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 | 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 | ||
| Silver Lake Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Vulcan Dousman Pit 422 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Waukesha Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
32 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dousman | $150,000 | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dousman | $30,000 | Powerful thunderstorm winds uprooted trees and broken branches fell onto power lines. The end result was a power outage. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dousman | $30,000 | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dousman | $15,000 | Numerous trees and wires down across much of western Waukesha County. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dousman | $8,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dousman | $4,000 | A tree fell onto a power pole knocking it down. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dousman | $2,000 | A large tree was uprooted in Ottawa Town Park and a large branch snapped on a second large tree. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dousman | $2,000 | Multiple trees down on highway 67 and Road X. Additional trees down near highway 67 and Highway ZZ. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dousman | $2,000 | Multiple trees down near highway 67 in the village of Eagle and the town of Ottawa. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dousman | $1,000 | A tree was uprooted. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dousman | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dousman | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dousman | $500 | A tree down. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Dousman | - | Photograph provided. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dousman | - | 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dousman | - | Law enforcement officials reported a number of tress blown down across the town due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dousman | - | Police officials reported trees and power lines blown down from damaging thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 56 knots (65 mph). |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dousman | - | Powerful thunderstorms winds knocked down a few large trees. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dousman | - | Tree limbs and trees down. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Dousman | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Dousman | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Dousman | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Dousman | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Heavy Rain | Dousman | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Dousman | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dousman | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dousman | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Dousman | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Dousman | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Dousman | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Dousman | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dousman | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utica | 0.9 miles | 23 | |
| Waterville | 1.9 miles | 23 | |
| Ottawa | 2.9 miles | 23 | |
| Summit Center | 3.4 miles | 23 | |
| Golden Lake | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Summit Corners | 4.3 miles | 23 | |
| Delafield | 4.9 miles | 23 | |
| Wales | 5.1 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 Dousman | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2927983 | 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 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.







