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Muskego, Wisconsin

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Muskego City. It lies in ZIP code area 53150. The Survey maps it on the Muskego quadrangle. 25,032 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 801 feet above sea level.

Muskego within Waukesha County

On record in Muskego

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Muskego grew from 24,135 to 25,032 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
201024,135
202025,032+897 (+4%)

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

39 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Muskego between 2010 and 2020, burning about 394 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined23
Debris and open burning7
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2

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
28 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources453
9 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources186
4 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources407
7 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2265
6 July 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2244
4 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources140
30 July 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources417
15 July 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources367

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Waukesha County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Muskego: 6 producers, 1 past producer. 6 still produce. 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
Buege Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kohler PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Park View Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pit 14 and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Valley BlacktopSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Valley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Valley Pit Hillview S & GSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Waukesha County

Storms near this place

23 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Muskego in 23 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 5 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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
August 2006LightningMuskego1 hurtA women was struck by lightning in a parking lot of a business. She was treated at a local hospital and released.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindMuskego$200,000no account filed
August 2009Thunderstorm WindMuskego$10,000Powerful thunderstorm wind gusts toppled large trees and generated tree debris that brought down some power lines.
September 1997LightningMuskego$5,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindMuskego$1,000no account filed
September 1997LightningMuskego$1,000no account filed
September 1997LightningMuskego$1,000no account filed
September 1997LightningMuskego$1,000no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindMuskego-An estimated wind gust of 60 mph from a trained spotter.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindMuskego-Estimated wind gust from citizen.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindMuskego-Law enforcement officials reported a tree blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts estimated to be 60 mph (52 knots) near the intersection of Big Bend Road and North Lake Drive.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindMuskego-A severe thunderstorm produced damaging wind gusts estimated up to 80 mph (70 knots). Trees were knocked down and tree branches were broken along the path of the strong winds.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindMuskego-Powerful thunderstorm winds toppled several large trees. A few pieces of siding was removed from a home.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindMuskego-A trained spotter estimated a wind gust of 65 knots and a few large trees uprooted or broken.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindMuskego-Law enforcement officials reported numerous trees and power lines blown down across the northern quarter of the community.
July 2010HailMuskego-The Muskego Police Department reported 3/4 inch hail fell in the city.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindMuskego-Several large trees were uprooted by powerful, straight-line thunderstorm winds.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindMuskego-Trees down.
May 2025HailMuskego-no account filed
August 2015HailMuskego-no account filed
March 2005HailMuskego-no account filed
March 2000HailMuskego-no account filed
August 1999HailMuskego-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
Lake Forest1.0 miles18
Squire Glen Estates1.1 miles18
Woodcrest Heights1.3 miles18
Glen Oaks Estates2.2 miles18
Golden Country Estates2.2 miles18
Tess Corners2.4 miles18
Durhamswood2.4 miles18
Prospect2.9 miles18

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 MuskegoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q595769The 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 1570056. 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.