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Green Lake, Wisconsin

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Green Lake City. It lies in ZIP code area 54941. The Survey maps it on the Green Lake quadrangle. 1,001 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 804 feet above sea level.

Green Lake within Green Lake County

On record in Green Lake

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 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

Green Lake grew from 960 to 1,001 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
2010960
20201,001+41 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

115 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Green Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 181 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
Debris and open burning51
Equipment and vehicle use34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Fireworks4
Arson/incendiarism3
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 September 1996Debris and open burning1.7 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 August 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 August 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Green Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Green Lake: 3 producers, 2 unknowns. 3 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
Chier St Marie Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ferris PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Kepe PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Nowaske Gettleman & Broder PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
R & R PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Green Lake County

Storms near this place

30 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Green Lake in 30 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 17 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 2 tornado, 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
April 2004LightningGreen Lake$20,000no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindGreen Lake$10,000Powerful thunderstorm wind gusts toppled several large trees and broke branches that brought down some power-lines.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindGreen Lake$5,000Ten trees down in the town of Green Lake.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindGreen Lake$4,000Branches down throughout the campground.
August 1996Thunderstorm WindGreen Lake$4,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindGreen Lake$3,000no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindGreen Lake$3,000no account filed
May 2016Thunderstorm WindGreen Lake$2,000Two trees were blown down.
June 2011Tornado (EF1)Green Lake$2,000This EF1 tornado entered into Green Lake County from Fond Du Lac County at Searl Road/ County Line Road about 2000 feet north of Carter Road into Green Lake County. The average path width was 60 yards, with a maximum path width of 100 yards. The tornado uprooted trees and tore away metal panels off the roof of a pole shed. The EF1 rating was determined by using DI 21(MBS) DOD 3 EXP with estimated winds speeds of 95 mph. The exact starting point was 43.70275/-88.88517 and the exact ending point was 43.72962/-88.90737.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindGreen Lake$2,000no account filed
June 2019Thunderstorm WindGreen Lake$1,000A sailboat and kayak were overturned by straight-line winds near the south shore of Green Lake. Both occupants were uninjured.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindGreen Lake$1,000Several 8-12 inch diameter tree branches down.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindGreen Lake$1,000A few trees were knocked down throughout Green Lake County by straight line winds from a squall line.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindGreen Lake$1,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindGreen Lake$1,000no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindGreen Lake$200no account filed
August 2010Thunderstorm WindGreen Lake-Based on a report from county emergency managers, an NWS storm survey team determined damage located near the northeast shore of Green Lake was caused by microburst winds estimated at 100 mph (81 knots). Eight homes, a boat and two piers were damaged by the winds. Four dozen trees were uprooted or snapped along the path of the microburst winds.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindGreen Lake-Powerful downburst winds gusting to around 52 knots (60 mph) toppled several large trees.
May 2025HailGreen Lake-no account filed
May 2025HailGreen Lake-no account filed
April 2010HailGreen Lake-no account filed
April 2008HailGreen Lake-no account filed
July 2006HailGreen Lake-no account filed
September 2005Thunderstorm WindGreen Lake-no account filed
November 2003Heavy RainGreen Lake-no account filed
April 2002HailGreen Lake-no account filed
May 2001HailGreen Lake-no account filed
August 1997HailGreen Lake-no account filed
July 1996HailGreen Lake-no account filed
July 1996Tornado (F1)Green Lake-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Green Lake 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
Sherwood Forest1.3 miles10
Pleasant Point1.4 miles10
Sandstone Bluff1.9 miles10
Spring Grove2.2 miles10
Forest Glen Beach2.4 miles10
Tuleta Hills2.7 miles10
Indian Hills3.1 miles10
Center House3.7 miles10

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 Green LakeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q931791The 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 1565822. 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.