New Berlin, Wisconsin
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in New Berlin City. It lies in ZIP code area 53151. The Survey maps it on the Hales Corners quadrangle. 40,451 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 922 feet above sea level.
On record in New Berlin
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
Freewill Baptist Churchlisted 1998
Enoch Gardner and Mary Caroline Koch Needham Houselisted 2000- Weston's Antique Apple Orchardlisted 1996
Population over time
2 figuresNew Berlin grew from 39,584 to 40,451 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 | 39,584 | |
| 2020 | 40,451 | +867 (+2%) |
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
In the county-history sources
75,278 words on this townshipThe county-history sources names this settlement in its chapter on New Berlin City. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on New Berlin City - it names this place 2 more 2 times.
Fires near this place
39 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of New Berlin between 2018 and 2020, burning about 13 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1803041 |
| 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 |
| 25 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2005040 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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 New Berlin: 5 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 5 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 | ||
| Jack S Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Kohler Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Park View Sand & Gravel Pit | 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
21 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Berlin in 21 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 5 lightning, 1 heavy rain. 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 1996 | Lightning | New Berlin | $150,000 | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Lightning | New Berlin | $50,000 | Lightning struck a home and started a fire that resulted in a fair amount of damage. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Berlin | $20,000 | The public reported trees downed by powerful thunderstorm winds 2 miles southeast of the city of New Berlin. A tree measuring 15 inches in diameter fell on a house. |
| May 2020 | Flood | New Berlin | $15,000 | In New Berlin there were numerous flooded streets, basements, and elevator shafts. |A portion of 130th St. was closed due to road buckling. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Berlin | $15,000 | Powerful thunderstorm winds toppled numerous large trees, and broken tree branches brought down some power lines. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Berlin | $10,000 | Numerous trees and branches down. One power pole damaged by tree landing on it. |
| March 2008 | Lightning | New Berlin | $10,000 | A lightning strike to a radio antenna on a home on National Avenue damaged a breadmaker, interior wiring, and electrical outlets. However , there was no fire. |
| April 2013 | Lightning | New Berlin | $5,000 | A house fire occurred in the town of New Berlin when the residence was struck by lightning. Only minor damage was reported. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Berlin | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Berlin | $2,000 | Sporadic coverage of trees and power lines down in New Berlin. |
| July 1999 | Lightning | New Berlin | $2,000 | no account filed |
| September 2016 | Heavy Rain | New Berlin | - | Heavy rains and street flooding resulted in closing the intersection of 128th street and Cleveland Ave in New Berlin. |
| October 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Berlin | - | Powerful thunderstorm winds knocked down large trees. |
| April 2025 | Hail | New Berlin | - | no account filed |
| September 2025 | Hail | New Berlin | - | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | New Berlin | - | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Hail | New Berlin | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Berlin | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Berlin | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | New Berlin | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Hail | New Berlin | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calhoun | 2.7 miles | 21 | |
| Prospect | 3.5 miles | 18 | |
| Golden Country Estates | 3.8 miles | 18 | |
| Tess Corners | 3.8 miles | 18 | |
| Durhamswood | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Elm Grove | 4.9 miles | 20 | |
| Lake Brittany Estates | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| Squire Glen Estates | 5.0 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 New Berlin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1005623 | 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 1570202. 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.








