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.
Population over time
2 figuresGreenfield 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 36,720 | |
| 2020 | 37,803 | +1,083 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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 Muskego quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Muskego quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Hales Corners quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Hales Corners quadrangle1:62500
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Lake Geneva quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
33 since 2018Regional 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/undetermined | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
| 31 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2990 |
| 30 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 203500 |
| 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 |
| 11 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1806070 |
| 30 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2005439 |
| 29 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 202979 |
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 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 | 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
25 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1999 | Lightning | Greenfield | $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenfield | $15,000 | Powerful thunderstorm wind gusts up to 52 knots (60 mph) toppled several large trees and damaged some power-lines. |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Greenfield | $10,000 | Flash 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 2003 | Lightning | Greenfield | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenfield | $5,000 | Some trees and large tree limbs down. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenfield | $5,000 | Two 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 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenfield | $2,000 | An amateur radio operator reported small trees blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph (52 knots). |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenfield | $1,000 | A large tree uprooted. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenfield | $1,000 | Twelve to fourteen inch diameter tree down on a road. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Greenfield | - | Pictures provided. |
| May 2024 | Flood | Greenfield | - | One lane of I-43 blocked due to high water from heavy rainfall. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenfield | - | Strong winds knocked large branches out of trees and uprooted a couple large trees. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenfield | - | Powerful thunderstorms winds knocked down large trees. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Greenfield | - | no account filed |
| April 2023 | Hail | Greenfield | - | no account filed |
| April 2023 | Hail | Greenfield | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Greenfield | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Greenfield | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Greenfield | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Greenfield | - | no account filed |
| September 2012 | Hail | Greenfield | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenfield | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Greenfield | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Greenfield | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Greenfield | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greendale | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Hales Corners | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| West Allis | 3.8 miles | 20 | |
| West Milwaukee | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Saint Martins | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Franklin | 5.2 miles | 18 | |
| Wauwatosa | 6.1 miles | 20 | |
| Saint Francis | 7.2 miles | 16 |
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 Greenfield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q182877 | 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 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.








