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.
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
Carl and Therese Schauwitzer Houselisted 2013- Muskego State Graded Schoollisted 2019
Population over time
2 figuresMuskego 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 24,135 | |
| 2020 | 25,032 | +897 (+4%) |
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 quadrangle1:62500
- 1959 USGS Muskego quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Lake Geneva quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
39 since 2010Regional 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/undetermined | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 453 |
| 9 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 186 |
| 4 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 407 |
| 7 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2265 |
| 6 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2244 |
| 4 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 140 |
| 30 July 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 417 |
| 15 July 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 367 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buege Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kohler Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Park View Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pit 14 and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Valley Blacktop | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Valley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Valley Pit Hillview S & G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
23 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2006 | Lightning | Muskego | 1 hurt | A women was struck by lightning in a parking lot of a business. She was treated at a local hospital and released. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Muskego | $200,000 | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Muskego | $10,000 | Powerful thunderstorm wind gusts toppled large trees and generated tree debris that brought down some power lines. |
| September 1997 | Lightning | Muskego | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Muskego | $1,000 | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Lightning | Muskego | $1,000 | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Lightning | Muskego | $1,000 | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Lightning | Muskego | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Muskego | - | An estimated wind gust of 60 mph from a trained spotter. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Muskego | - | Estimated wind gust from citizen. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Muskego | - | 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Muskego | - | 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Muskego | - | Powerful thunderstorm winds toppled several large trees. A few pieces of siding was removed from a home. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Muskego | - | A trained spotter estimated a wind gust of 65 knots and a few large trees uprooted or broken. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Muskego | - | Law enforcement officials reported numerous trees and power lines blown down across the northern quarter of the community. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Muskego | - | The Muskego Police Department reported 3/4 inch hail fell in the city. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Muskego | - | Several large trees were uprooted by powerful, straight-line thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Muskego | - | Trees down. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Muskego | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Muskego | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Muskego | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Muskego | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Muskego | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Forest | 1.0 miles | 18 | |
| Squire Glen Estates | 1.1 miles | 18 | |
| Woodcrest Heights | 1.3 miles | 18 | |
| Glen Oaks Estates | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Golden Country Estates | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Tess Corners | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Durhamswood | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Prospect | 2.9 miles | 18 |
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 Muskego | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q595769 | 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 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.








