Greendale, Wisconsin
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Greendale Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53129. It stands on Dale Creek. The Survey maps it on the Greendale quadrangle. 14,854 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 738 feet above sea level.
On record in Greendale
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 4 records
Greendale Historic DistrictNational Historic Landmark · listed 2005
Jeremiah Curtin Houselisted 1972
Trimborn Farmlisted 1980- Root River Parkwaylisted 2013
Population over time
2 figuresGreendale grew from 14,046 to 14,854 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 | 14,046 | |
| 2020 | 14,854 | +808 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1891 USGS Bayview quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Bayview quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Greendale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS South Milwaukee quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Racine quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
30 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Greendale between 2018 and 2020, burning about 12 acres in total. 1 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 | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1778160 |
| 30 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 203500 |
| 23 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2614 |
| 12 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1806123 |
| 11 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1806080 |
| 29 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 202979 |
| 19 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 182913 |
| 19 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1805394 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Greendale: 3 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack S Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Franklin Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Lippman Plant # 2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Own Crews | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Own Crews | Stone | Unknown |
Storms near this place
12 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greendale in 12 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 8 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | Lightning | Greendale | $3,000 | A lightning strike left a hole in the roof of a home. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greendale | $2,000 | Several large trees down. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Greendale | - | Large hail with 30 to 35 mph wind gusts. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Greendale | - | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Greendale | - | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Greendale | - | no account filed |
| April 2023 | Hail | Greendale | - | no account filed |
| April 2023 | Hail | Greendale | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Greendale | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Heavy Rain | Greendale | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greendale | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Greendale | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenfield | 1.7 miles | 18 | |
| Hales Corners | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Saint Martins | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Franklin | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| West Milwaukee | 5.1 miles | 18 | |
| West Allis | 5.3 miles | 20 | |
| Saint Francis | 6.5 miles | 16 | |
| Oakwood | 6.8 miles | 17 |
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 Greendale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2193397 | 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 1565837. 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.






