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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.

Sullivan within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

7 since 2018

Regional 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 burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3

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
11 July 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1907239
24 June 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1923
24 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1801131
18 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2017
13 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1916
26 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018015
14 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Janke PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Scollard PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

31 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2018Thunderstorm WindSullivan$25,000Portions of a roof blown off a storage building. Numerous large tree branches down throughout Sullivan.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindSullivan$10,000Numerous trees and power lines down in the eastern portion of the county, most focused in the Sullivan area.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindSullivan$5,000A 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 2023Thunderstorm WindSullivan$4,000Multiple trees down on Hardscrabble Road.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindSullivan$2,000Uprooted tree north of Sullivan. Other minor tree branches down in the city.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindSullivan$2,000Several trees down.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindSullivan$1,000Estimated 60-70 mph wind gust at National Weather Service office. Some tree damage noted.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindSullivan$1,000One power pole blown down in the town of Concord.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindSullivan$1,000no account filed
July 2021Tornado (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 2019Tornado (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 2012Thunderstorm WindSullivan-An NWS employee reported a severe thunderstorm wind gust estimated at 65 mph (56 knots).
June 2008Funnel CloudSullivan-This funnel cloud was spotted by NWS employees at the Milwaukee/Sullivan WFO.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindSullivan-Powerful thunderstorm wind gust measured at NWS office.
May 2012HailSullivan-no account filed
October 2006HailSullivan-no account filed
March 2004HailSullivan-no account filed
July 2003HailSullivan-no account filed
May 2001HailSullivan-no account filed
September 2001Heavy RainSullivan-no account filed
May 2000HailSullivan-no account filed
May 2000HailSullivan-no account filed
July 2000FloodSullivan-no account filed
June 1999HailSullivan-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindSullivan-no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindSullivan-no account filed
September 1997Strong WindSullivan-no account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindSullivan-no account filed
June 1995HailSullivan-no account filed
August 1995HailSullivan-no account filed
April 1994Thunderstorm WindSullivan-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Spacious Acres1.9 miles18
Heath Mills2.1 miles32
Rome3.2 miles31
Concord3.9 miles18
Slabtown4.0 miles31
Oak Hill5.3 miles32
Helenville5.9 miles18
Farmington6.2 miles18

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 SullivanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2461038The 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.