Mequon, Wisconsin
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Thiensville Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53092. It stands on Pigeon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Thiensville quadrangle. 25,142 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 669 feet above sea level.
On record in Mequon
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 11 records
Bigelow Schoollisted 2000
Jonathan Clark Houselisted 1982
Isham Day Houselisted 2000
William F. Jahn Farmsteadlisted 2000
Moquon Town Hall and Fire Station Complexlisted 2000
Edwin J. Nieman Sr. Houselisted 1996
O'Brien-Peuschel Farmsteadlisted 2000
John Reichert Farmhouselisted 1982
Frank Vocke Octagonal Barnlisted 2016
Jacob Voigt Houselisted 2000- ISLAND CITY (schooner) Shipwrecklisted 2011
Population over time
2 figuresMequon grew from 23,132 to 25,142 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 | 23,132 | |
| 2020 | 25,142 | +2,010 (+9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 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.
- 1892 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Thiensville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1980 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Mequon between 2018 and 2020, burning about 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1772607 |
| 9 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2002743 |
| 1 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1802679 |
| 23 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2002437 |
| 21 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2002392 |
| 3 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1473559 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Mequon: 1 unknown, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H.F. Prahl Corp. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Own Crews | Stone | Unknown |
Storms near this place
19 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mequon in 19 storm reports between 1997 and 2021: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 3 flash flood, 3 lightning. The reports record 3 injuries. 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 | Lightning | Mequon | 3 hurt, $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Mequon | $3,600,000 | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Lightning | Mequon | $1,000,000 | A lightning strike in the city of Mequon resulted in a fire at a strip mall in the 1100 block of North Port Washington Road that destroyed 9 businesses. Time is estimated. Other severe weather was reported in southern Wisconsin during the pre-dawn hours of June 23, 2010. |
| July 2005 | Lightning | Mequon | $500,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Mequon | $462,160 | Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding from the Mequon area northeast to the Belgium to Port Washington area. Water depths on road surfaces reached 3 feet or more and there were gravel washouts. One hundred twenty-seven homes had minor damage, and 191 homes had major damage (total of $3.765 million for all home property losses). Business losses were about $810 thousand. Crops losses were estimated at $500 thousand. Public sector damage was about $1.1 million. There were several roads and bridges that sustained damage. |
| May 2000 | Flash Flood | Mequon | $75,000 | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mequon | $10,000 | Trees and power lines down. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mequon | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mequon | $2,000 | Powerful thunderstorm winds toppled large trees. Estimated wind gusts were on the order of 52 knots (60 mph). |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mequon | $1,000 | Many tree branches down. |
| August 2021 | Heavy Rain | Mequon | - | Urban street flooding in far southern Ozaukee County, especially on portions of Mequon Rd. and Port Washington Rd. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mequon | - | Law enforcement officers reported numerous trees and power lines downed in a 5-mile wide swath from west of Mequon to Port Washington from damaging severe thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 56 knots (65 mph). |
| June 2016 | Hail | Mequon | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Heavy Rain | Mequon | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mequon | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Mequon | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Mequon | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Mequon | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Mequon | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thiensville | 0.3 miles | 19 | |
| Freistadt | 3.1 miles | 20 | |
| Hamilton | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Cedarburg | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Lakefield | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Grafton | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Ulao | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Horns Corners | 7.5 miles | 15 |
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 Mequon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1019382 | 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 1569354. 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.







