North Prairie, Wisconsin
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1980. It stands in North Prairie Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53153. The Survey maps it on the Eagle quadrangle. 2,202 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 948 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresNorth Prairie grew from 2,141 to 2,202 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 | 2,141 | |
| 2020 | 2,202 | +61 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 23 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 Eagle quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Eagle quadrangle1:62500
- 1897 USGS Eagle quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Eagle quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Eagle quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Eagle quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Lake Geneva quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of North Prairie between 2008 and 2020, burning about 41 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/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 518 |
| 27 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2002498 |
| 30 May 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19128 |
| 23 April 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 38 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 192 |
| 25 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 72 |
| 25 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 71 |
| 23 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 165 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of North Prairie: 2 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genesee Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Perrens Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Bishop Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Evans Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Genesee Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
17 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Prairie in 17 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 9 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | North Prairie | $62,990,000 | Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding across much of Waukesha County. Water reached depths of 3 feet or more and several cars stalled. This was one of 4 flash floods in Waukesha County that occurred on Junen 7th and 8th. Collectively, each of these 4 flash floods resulted in home and business damage along with some crop losses. It was nearly impossible to break down the damages by flash flood event. Therefore, the collective breakdown for all of Waukesha County is provided in this flash flood event.||The breakdown for residential home losses were: 1433 with minor damage, 188 with major damage, and 1 destroyed (total of $54.632 million for home losses). Business losses totaled $5.462 million. Crop losses were estimated at $1 million. Public sector damage wa|s about $2.9 million. There were several roads and bridges that sustained damage. |
| August 2008 | Lightning | North Prairie | $150,000 | Lightning struck the roof of a home on Lakecrest Court. The fire resulted in major damage and the house not inhabitable. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Prairie | $10,000 | Eight wooden power poles blown over. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Prairie | $10,000 | Six to eight trees down blocking roads along and north of Sugden Road. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Prairie | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Prairie | $1,500 | One tree down and large branches down. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Prairie | $1,000 | A large tree snapped at the base. |
| April 2025 | Hail | North Prairie | - | Hail ranged from nickel sized to lime sized in the first round, then nickel to quarter sized hail in a second round. |
| July 2012 | Hail | North Prairie | - | A trained spotter reported large hail, measured to be 1 inch in diameter, that fell 2 miles east of North Prairie. |
| July 2006 | Hail | North Prairie | - | Hail covered the ground white at County Road GG and Rue Park Road. |
| April 2025 | Hail | North Prairie | - | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Hail | North Prairie | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | North Prairie | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | North Prairie | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | North Prairie | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | North Prairie | - | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Prairie | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesee | 2.8 miles | 23 | |
| Genesee Depot | 2.9 miles | 23 | |
| Ottawa | 3.7 miles | 23 | |
| Jericho | 4.0 miles | 23 | |
| Saylesville | 4.6 miles | 23 | |
| Wales | 5.1 miles | 23 | |
| Eagle | 5.3 miles | 23 | |
| Eagleville | 5.7 miles | 24 |
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 North Prairie | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3299058 | 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 1570484. 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.










