Sullivan, Wisconsin
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Sullivan Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53178. The Survey maps it on the Oconomowoc West quadrangle. 2,295 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 837 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1892 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Oconomowoc West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Oconomowoc quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Oconomowoc quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Sullivan between 2018 and 2020, burning about 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1907239 |
| 24 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1923 |
| 24 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1801131 |
| 18 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2017 |
| 13 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1916 |
| 26 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018015 |
| 14 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20 |
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 Sullivan: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janke Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Scollard Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
31 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sullivan in 31 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 15 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 2 tornado, 1 strong wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | $25,000 | Portions of a roof blown off a storage building. Numerous large tree branches down throughout Sullivan. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | $10,000 | Numerous trees and power lines down in the eastern portion of the county, most focused in the Sullivan area. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | $5,000 | A large tree partially landed on Sullivan Elementary School, thereby puncturing the roof. Some rain water leaked into the school. School was cancelled for the next day. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | $4,000 | Multiple trees down on Hardscrabble Road. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | $2,000 | Uprooted tree north of Sullivan. Other minor tree branches down in the city. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | $2,000 | Several trees down. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | $1,000 | Estimated 60-70 mph wind gust at National Weather Service office. Some tree damage noted. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | $1,000 | One power pole blown down in the town of Concord. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Sullivan | - | This was 1 of 17 tornadoes to occur in Wisconsin on the night of July 28th into the early morning hours of July 29th. This was the 14th overall tornado for the event. A line of storms developed in northern Wisconsin and pushed south into southern Wisconsin in the overnight hours of the 28th into the 29th of July with mainly brief tornadoes and damaging winds occurring. ||This tornado began near Indian Point Rd to the southwest of Golden Lake in the far eastern part of Jefferson county. It crossed the Jefferson/Waukesha County line to the NW of the Bark River. Damage noted in this area by Indian Point Rd was to trees. |
| October 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Sullivan | - | Damage from this tornado came within a mile and a half of NWS Milwaukee to the north. Mainly tree damage from this tornado, though one house did have siding and window damage from the debris blown into it. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | - | An NWS employee reported a severe thunderstorm wind gust estimated at 65 mph (56 knots). |
| June 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Sullivan | - | This funnel cloud was spotted by NWS employees at the Milwaukee/Sullivan WFO. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | - | Powerful thunderstorm wind gust measured at NWS office. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Sullivan | - | no account filed |
| October 2006 | Hail | Sullivan | - | no account filed |
| March 2004 | Hail | Sullivan | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Sullivan | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Sullivan | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Heavy Rain | Sullivan | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Sullivan | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Sullivan | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Flood | Sullivan | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Sullivan | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | - | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Strong Wind | Sullivan | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Sullivan | - | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Hail | Sullivan | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spacious Acres | 1.9 miles | 18 | |
| Heath Mills | 2.1 miles | 32 | |
| Rome | 3.2 miles | 31 | |
| Concord | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Slabtown | 4.0 miles | 31 | |
| Oak Hill | 5.3 miles | 32 | |
| Helenville | 5.9 miles | 18 | |
| Farmington | 6.2 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 Sullivan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2461038 | 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 1575043. 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.







