Sherwood, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Sherwood Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54169. The Survey maps it on the Sherwood quadrangle. 3,271 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 892 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSherwood grew from 2,713 to 3,271 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 | 2,713 | |
| 2020 | 3,271 | +558 (+21%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1911 USGS Neenah quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Neenah quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1974 USGS Sherwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Appleton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Sherwood quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Sherwood between 1997 and 2020, burning about 6 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 338 |
| 19 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 235 |
| 23 May 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 14 |
| 25 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 137 |
| 10 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 118 |
| 5 November 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 427 |
| 5 November 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 428 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sherwood: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Brown Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sherwood in 14 storm reports between 1997 and 2011: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherwood | $500,000 | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Sherwood | $50,000 | A tornado struck less than a mile northeast of Sherwood at 9:05 PM CDT. The EF0 tornado toppled two trees that damaged the roof of a house and snapped or uprooted six pine trees near Highway M. The tornado continued east-southeast, moving over a swamp, where swirl marks were seen in the thick swamp grass. The tornado then hit a farm on Kesler Road. Two old barns were heavily damaged (DI 1, DOD 5, 6 -- lower bound due to condition of structures). Peak winds were estimated near 85 mph. Average path width of the tornado was 75 yards. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherwood | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherwood | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Sherwood | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Sherwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Sherwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Funnel Cloud | Sherwood | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherwood | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherwood | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Sherwood | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Sherwood | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Sherwood | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Cliff (historical) | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| Saint John | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Highland Beach | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Harrison (historical) | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Dorns Faro Springs Beach | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Dundas | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Harrison | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Hilbert | 5.6 miles | 9 |
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 Sherwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2219317 | 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 1574041. 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.





