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Mukwonago, Wisconsin

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Mukwonago Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53149. The Survey maps it on the Mukwonago quadrangle. 7,781 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 978 feet above sea level.

Mukwonago within Waukesha County

On record in Mukwonago

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 3 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 24 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

13 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Mukwonago between 2008 and 2020, burning about 71 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/undetermined7
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
26 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources73
23 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources312
8 May 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources233
7 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18092
30 May 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19128
3 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20089
5 April 2020Recreation and ceremony10 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources163
23 April 2008Arson/incendiarism38 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Waukesha County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Mukwonago: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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
Army Lake Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Bishop PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hales Corners PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Waukesha County

Storms near this place

31 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mukwonago in 31 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 16 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 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
October 1996HailMukwonago$1,200,000no account filed
August 2007Flash FloodMukwonago$100,000Flash flooding affected the Mukwanago area after heavy rains of 6.8 inches fell overnight. Water depths on some city strees reached 2 to 4 feet, and significant soil erosion was noted in the surrounding countryside. At least 25 homes sustained minor flood damage to basement contents. Gravel shoulder washouts occurred and crops in the area were damaged. To the west, a spotter at a location .6SE Eagle had 4.76 overnight.
September 2005Flash FloodMukwonago$50,000Flooded roads and some flooded basements were reported across portions of central and southern Waukesha county, damaging contents inside.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindMukwonago$40,000no account filed
August 2008LightningMukwonago$25,000Lightning struck a garage on Cherry Lane, causing a small fire in an upstairs bedroom. The contents was a total loss.
October 2013Flash FloodMukwonago$14,000Many cars disabled due to severe street flooding in the city of Waukesha. Street flooding throughout eastern Waukesha County. Several manhole covers removed from flooding. The new Health and Human Services Building in the city of Waukesha was flooded.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindMukwonago$12,000no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindMukwonago$3,000Tree limbs down, transformer exploded behind Village of Mukwonago Police Department.
August 2015HailMukwonago$3,000The hail put holes in the roof of a camper and dented a truck.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindMukwonago$2,000A trained spotter reported an estimated thunderstorm wind gust of 65 mph (56 knots) two miles bnorth of Mukwonago.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindMukwonago$1,000no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindMukwonago$1,000no account filed
March 2017HailMukwonago-Penny to three quarter inch diameter hail for about 10 minutes.
May 2013HailMukwonago-The public reported hail up to 1.25 inches in diameter about 1 mile southwest of Mukwonago.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindMukwonago-Part of a line of severe thunderstorms with damaging wind gusts up to 70 mph (60 knots) that blew down numerous trees moved through northeast and eastern Waukesha County during the middle afternoon of June 21st.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindMukwonago-Powerful thunderstorm wind gusts toppled several large trees.
June 2009Tornado (EF0)Mukwonago-A weak, minimal EFO tornado spun up along a line of severe thunderstorms that progressed across southern Wisconsin. The responsible supercell actually developed a mesocyclone when it crossed the Jefferson-Waukesha County line west of the village of Eagle. The tornado started at the west end of Lower Phantom Lake and tracked just north of east through the city of Mukwanago and dissipated near the intersection of the Mukwanago River and the Fox River east of the city. Damage was limited to uprooted trees and broken large limbs. The winds were estimated at 56 to 61 knots (65-70 mph). The average path width was about 30 yards. The compass bearing was about 80 degrees. Start and ending location was 42.86003/-88.36303 and 42.86666/-88.30144. DI#27(TH), DOD2.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindMukwonago-There were widespread reports of trees and powerlines toppled across Waukesha County. Law enforcement reported a measured gust of 58 knots (67 mph) around the city of Waukesha. Trained spotters estimated wind gusts of 70 to 74 knots (80 to 85 mph) embedded within the larger area of damaging winds between just south of Waukesha through Brookfield.
May 2025HailMukwonago-no account filed
April 2025HailMukwonago-no account filed
May 2024HailMukwonago-no account filed
July 2023HailMukwonago-no account filed
April 2016HailMukwonago-no account filed
August 2015HailMukwonago-no account filed
June 2009HailMukwonago-no account filed
March 2007HailMukwonago-no account filed
May 2005HailMukwonago-no account filed
November 2005HailMukwonago-no account filed
May 2000HailMukwonago-no account filed
May 2000HailMukwonago-no account filed
July 2000FloodMukwonago-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Waukesha 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
Oak Knoll0.3 miles24
Jericho4.8 miles23
Dodges Corners (historical)4.9 miles18
Vernon5.0 miles23
Eagleville5.3 miles24
Saylesville5.8 miles23
North Prairie6.0 miles23
Genesee6.1 miles23

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 MukwonagoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q786400The 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 1570017. 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.