Hales Corners, Wisconsin
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Hales Corners Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53130. The Survey maps it on the Hales Corners quadrangle. 7,720 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 781 feet above sea level.
On record in Hales Corners
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 1 record
W. Ben Hunt Cabinlisted 2008
Population over time
2 figuresHales Corners grew from 7,692 to 7,720 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 | 7,692 | |
| 2020 | 7,720 | +28 (+0%) |
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
30 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Hales Corners between 2018 and 2020, burning about 9 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 11 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1806080 |
| 7 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2265 |
| 4 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 140 |
| 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 |
| 13 July 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 202737 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hales Corners: 2 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, 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 | ||
| Own Crews | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Franklin Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Lippman Plant # 2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hales Corners in 7 storm reports between 2004 and 2026: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | Flash Flood | Hales Corners | $50,000 | Three to seven inches of rain from persistent thunderstorms resulted in the flash flooding of creeks, streets, parks, and residential yards in southern Milwaukee County. This included the communities of West Allis, Greenfield, Oak Creek, Franklin, and others in southern Milwaukee County. Many streets were impassable and closed. Many vehicles were stranded in 2 to 4 feet of floodwaters. Portions of I-43 were closed due to flooding. Many yards and basements were flooded especially when the floodwaters rose from the streets into the yards. Oak Creek at South Milwaukee rapidly rose and nearly reached moderate flood stage. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hales Corners | $20,000 | Trees and power lines down on Godsell Road. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hales Corners | $4,000 | Tree damage. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Hales Corners | - | Mping report of 1 inch diameter hail near Hales Corners. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hales Corners | - | Trees and power lines down on Potter Rd. |
| September 2012 | Hail | Hales Corners | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Hales Corners | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Martins | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Greenfield | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Greendale | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Franklin | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| West Allis | 5.9 miles | 20 | |
| West Milwaukee | 6.6 miles | 18 | |
| Wauwatosa | 8.0 miles | 20 | |
| Oakwood | 8.6 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 Hales Corners | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2671393 | 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 1565971. 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.








