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Shorewood Hills, Wisconsin

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Shorewood Hills Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53705. It lies near Eagle Heights. The Survey maps it on the Madison West quadrangle. 2,169 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 889 feet above sea level.

Shorewood Hills within Dane County

On record in Shorewood Hills

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

Shorewood Hills grew from 1,565 to 2,169 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
20101,565
20202,169+604 (+39%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 25 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

30 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Shorewood Hills between 2007 and 2020, burning about 12 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined18
Debris and open burning5
Smoking3
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources242
24 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2019797
14 August 2020Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018928
6 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources342
2 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2012493
15 June 2020Smoking1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources305
14 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources304
5 May 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources190

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Shorewood Hills: 10 producers, 3 unknowns, 1 past producer. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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
Fess QuarryStoneUnknown
John Hensen QuarryStoneUnknown
Kapel-Marquardt QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Northwestern StoneStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Zeigler QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Blooming Grove PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Engelhart Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Essers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Haen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Norway Grove Gravel PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Dane County

Storms near this place

25 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shorewood Hills in 25 storm reports between 2005 and 2026: 13 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2014Tornado (EF2)Shorewood Hills$5,000,000Tornado damaged at least 23 homes with some homes losing much of their roofs. Widespread uprooted and snapped trees within this heavily wooded neighborhood. Some large trees landing on homes. A few roofs had been pierced by 2-by-4s. Estimated winds up to 120 mph.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindShorewood Hills$10,000Numerous trees and power lines down in the area.
June 2013Flash FloodShorewood Hills$8,000The public reported mudslides from heavy rains closed University Avenue near Midvale Boulevard.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindShorewood Hills$5,000no account filed
June 2019Thunderstorm WindShorewood Hills$3,000Several large trees down in Middleton and the west side of Madison.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindShorewood Hills$2,000Several trees down near Raymond Road.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindShorewood Hills$2,000Large tree and power line down.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindShorewood Hills$2,000Tree branches down in the Hill Farms neighborhood.
May 2024FloodShorewood Hills$1,000Multiple roads closed due to flooding.
July 2019Heavy RainShorewood Hills$1,000Several flooded streets and intersections in Madison after a quick 1.5 to 2.0 inches of rain.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindShorewood Hills$500A large tree uprooted near Bill Lister Memorial Field. Nearby WMTV NBC 15 recorded a wind gust of 72 mph on their rooftop.
April 2026HailShorewood Hills-Public report of 1.5 inch diameter hail north of Verona. Time confirmed via radar data.
April 2026HailShorewood Hills-Public report of 1.25 inch diameter hail southwest of Shorewood Hills. Time confirmed via radar data.
April 2026HailShorewood Hills-Public report of 1.25 inch diameter hail south of Middleton. Time confirmed via radar data.
April 2026HailShorewood Hills-Public report of 1.25 inch diameter hail south of Middleton. Time confirmed via radar data.
April 2026HailShorewood Hills-Public report of 1 inch diameter hail in Shorewood Hills. Time confirmed via radar data.
September 2013Heavy RainShorewood Hills-Flooding along the roads and the intersection of Midvale Boulevard and University Avenue. Water up to the headlights of motor vehicles.
May 2024HailShorewood Hills-no account filed
June 2019HailShorewood Hills-no account filed
September 2016HailShorewood Hills-no account filed
September 2016HailShorewood Hills-no account filed
September 2016HailShorewood Hills-no account filed
June 2011HailShorewood Hills-no account filed
June 2010HailShorewood Hills-no account filed
April 2006HailShorewood Hills-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dane 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
College Hills0.4 miles25
Pilgrim Village1.0 miles25
Mendota Beach1.7 miles25
Wingra Park1.9 miles25
Oakland Heights1.9 miles25
Bowens Addition2.2 miles25
Madison2.4 miles25
Greenbush Addition2.5 miles25

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 Shorewood HillsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q925819The 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 1574072. 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.