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Greenfield, Wisconsin

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Greenfield City. It lies in ZIP code area 53220. The Survey maps it on the Hales Corners quadrangle. 37,803 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 794 feet above sea level.

Greenfield within Milwaukee County

Population over time

2 figures

Greenfield grew from 36,720 to 37,803 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
201036,720
202037,803+1,083 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

33 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Greenfield between 2018 and 2020, burning about 14 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/undetermined19
Debris and open burning7
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2020Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1778160
31 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2990
30 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources203500
12 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1806123
11 August 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1806080
11 August 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1806070
30 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2005439
29 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources202979

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Milwaukee 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 Greenfield: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Jack S Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Franklin QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lippman Plant # 2Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Own CrewsStoneUnknown
Own CrewsStoneUnknown

Every working recorded in Milwaukee County

Storms near this place

25 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greenfield in 25 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 12 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 1 flash flood. 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
May 1999LightningGreenfield$50,000no account filed
August 2007Thunderstorm WindGreenfield$15,000Powerful thunderstorm wind gusts up to 52 knots (60 mph) toppled several large trees and damaged some power-lines.
July 2022Flash FloodGreenfield$10,000Flash flooding of small creek onto Ramsey Avenue, thereby blocking traffic. 1 foot or more of water in intersections of South 27th St. and Ramsey Ave., and South 27th St. and College Avenue. Storm sewers flooded with water coming out of manhole covers. Some cars stalled in flood waters.
August 2003LightningGreenfield$10,000no account filed
August 2016Thunderstorm WindGreenfield$5,000Some trees and large tree limbs down.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindGreenfield$5,000Two foot diameter tree with power lines down at 105th Street and Beloit Road. Trees and power lines toppled or damaged in West Allis. About 4400 customers lost electrical power in West Allis.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindGreenfield$2,000An amateur radio operator reported small trees blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph (52 knots).
July 2015Thunderstorm WindGreenfield$1,000A large tree uprooted.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindGreenfield$1,000Twelve to fourteen inch diameter tree down on a road.
April 2026HailGreenfield-Pictures provided.
May 2024FloodGreenfield-One lane of I-43 blocked due to high water from heavy rainfall.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindGreenfield-Strong winds knocked large branches out of trees and uprooted a couple large trees.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindGreenfield-Powerful thunderstorms winds knocked down large trees.
March 2024HailGreenfield-no account filed
April 2023HailGreenfield-no account filed
April 2023HailGreenfield-no account filed
June 2022HailGreenfield-no account filed
July 2017HailGreenfield-no account filed
August 2015HailGreenfield-no account filed
August 2015HailGreenfield-no account filed
September 2012HailGreenfield-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindGreenfield-no account filed
March 2000HailGreenfield-no account filed
May 2000HailGreenfield-no account filed
April 1995HailGreenfield-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Milwaukee 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
Greendale1.7 miles16
Hales Corners2.5 miles18
West Allis3.8 miles20
West Milwaukee4.1 miles18
Saint Martins4.7 miles18
Franklin5.2 miles18
Wauwatosa6.1 miles20
Saint Francis7.2 miles16

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 GreenfieldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q182877The 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 1565841. 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.