Greenbush, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Greenbush town. It lies in ZIP code area 53023. The Survey maps it on the Elkhart Lake quadrangle. 159 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 971 feet above sea level.
On record in Greenbush
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
Charles Robinson Houselisted 1984
Robinson-Herrling Sawmilllisted 1984
Sylvanus Wade Houselisted 1971
Population over time
2 figuresGreenbush fell from 162 to 159 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 | 162 | |
| 2020 | 159 | -3 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Kiel quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Elkhart Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Fond Du Lac quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Elkhart Lake quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
64 words on this townshipHistory of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, Past and Present, published 1912 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Greenbush Town covers the township.
Read the chapter on Greenbush Town - 64 words.
Fires near this place
12 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Greenbush between 2012 and 2020, burning about 57 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 251 |
| 21 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | GLENBEULAH |
| 10 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 214 |
| 12 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018009 |
| 12 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 131 |
| 9 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 106 |
| 22 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2019016 |
| 19 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 122 |
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 Greenbush: 4 producers, 2 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheboygan County Agricultural Dept | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Crystal Lake Crushed Stone Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Jens Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Jones Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Northwest Area Operations | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Schroeder Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greenbush in 13 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenbush | $400,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenbush | $300,000 | A line of severe storms moved west to east across Sheboygan County and generated widespread powerful winds that gusted to an estimated 61 to 70 knots (70 to 80 mph). In addition, a tornado spun up north of Sheboygan Falls at 1437 CST - see the tornado event write-up for deatils. The ASOS unit at the Sheboygan County Airport measured a gust of 53 knots (61 mph). Thousands of trees were snapped or toppled, and many power-lines were brought down by tree debris, mostly across the northern part of the county. An 81-year-old women in Plymouth was injured when the winds pushed a door of a store into her. She broke her arm and was hospitalized. Elsewhere in Plymouth, 2 vehicles were damaged by tree debris. North of Plymouth, 2 cabins at a camp ground were destroyed by toppled trees, and 3 other camp buldings were damaged. In Sheboygan Falls, at least 12 homes were damaged. In Kohler, a vehicle was crushed by a toppled tree. City and county 911 Communications Centers received thousands of calls within a 5 hour period. At least 14,000 homes in Sheboygan County lost electrical power. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenbush | $20,000 | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenbush | $10,000 | Branches and trees down in the northern portion of the county including Plymouth. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenbush | $2,000 | Trees down. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenbush | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenbush | - | Multiple pines knocked down and damage to tree branches in the Greenbush area. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenbush | - | Law enforcement officials reported trees blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts estimated up to 52 knots (60 mph). |
| July 2020 | Hail | Greenbush | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Greenbush | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Greenbush | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Greenbush | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Funnel Cloud | Greenbush | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenbeulah | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Hulls Crossing | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Elkhart Lake | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Plymouth | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| New Paris | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Parnell | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Plymouth Country View Estates | 7.9 miles | 9 | |
| Rhine | 9.0 miles | 10 |
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 Greenbush | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5603781 | 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 1565833. 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.





