Westfield, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Westfield Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53964. The Survey maps it on the Westfield East quadrangle. 1,302 people lived here at the 2020 count.
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Population over time
2 figuresWestfield grew from 1,254 to 1,302 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 | 1,254 | |
| 2020 | 1,302 | +48 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Montello quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Westfield East quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wisconsin Dells quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Wisconsin Dells quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
193 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 193 fires within 5 miles of Westfield between 1992 and 2020, burning about 182 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 68 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 55 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Other causes | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 8TH AVE FIRE |
| 3 September 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | CO M FIRE |
| 3 September 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | TRANSFORMER 755 |
| 3 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
50 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Westfield in 50 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 28 thunderstorm wind, 20 hail, 1 flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 2000 | Hail | Westfield | 2 hurt, $1,000,000 | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westfield | $200,000 | A swath of significant tree damage due to estimated winds of 100 mph. Trees uprooted or snapped. Swaths of pine trees leveled. One farm outbuilding was destroyed with another partially damaged. A few other buildings with roof covering removed. |
| August 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Westfield | $100,000 | This tornado spun up at 1708CST about 1.7 miles north-northeast of Westfield, or about 0.4 miles north-northwest of the intersection of CTH E and 7th Court, just east of Interstate 39/STH 51. The tornado headed northeast and ended at 1722CST about 7.2 miles northeast of Westfield, or about 0.4 mile north of the intersection of CTH Z and 11th Rd. O one property, a residential home sustained minor roof damage, and there was minor damage to two out-buildings and farm equipment/machinery. On another property, minor damage to a silo was noted. Extensive tree and power-line damage was reported along the entire path of the tornado. Average path length was about 75 yards. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westfield | $75,000 | Severe thunderstorms with strong wind gusts produced damage across Marquette County, including a 10-mile wide swath of damage from west of Westfield to Germania. The damaging winds downed power lines and trees, including a tree that crushed a parked car on CTH B in Montello. Five homes received minor damage to roofs, siding and gutters due to tree debris striking the homes. At the peak of the storm, 937 homes were without electricity. A mesonet site one mile north of Westfield recorded a 67 mph (58 knot) wind gust. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westfield | $40,000 | Powerful thunderstorm wind gusts toppled large trees and broke branches that brought down some power-lines in locations scattered across the county. Three trailer homes about 6 miles east-northeast of Montello were damaged as two large trees came down in the winds. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westfield | $30,000 | Severe thunderstorms produced damaging winds estimated up to 65 mph that caused extensive tree damage in a 4 mile wide swath from Westfield to Montello. Trees fell on two homes at Buffalo Lake causing roof damage. Several power lines were damaged by tree debris and there were scattered power outages in the Montello area. Most likley this wind damage was associated with the forward flank downdraft of the supercell thunderstorm that generated a F1 tornado in Marquette County a few minutes later. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westfield | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westfield | $10,000 | Many trees and tree limbs down in the western portion of the county. A small shed was rolled down a driveway near Westfield. A significant amount of trees down in the Endeavor area with a reported wind gust of 60 mph. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westfield | $8,000 | Numerous softwood trees snapped or uprooted. Roof panels missing from building. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westfield | $7,000 | Multiple trees and branches down in the area. |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westfield | $6,000 | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westfield | $5,000 | Several trees snapped or topped. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westfield | $5,000 | Multiple branches and trees down in Lawrence. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westfield | $3,000 | Scattered trees down. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westfield | $3,000 | A few trees uprooted. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westfield | $2,000 | Large trees were uprooted. |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westfield | $2,000 | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westfield | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westfield | $1,000 | Two sections of a farm irrigation sprinkler were tipped over. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westfield | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westfield | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westfield | $500 | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westfield | - | Personal weather station recording 59 mph wind gust. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Westfield | - | Estimated ping pong size hail at a golf course. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westfield | - | Estimated wind gust from a citizen. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Westfield | - | Accumulating hail and torrential rainfall. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Westfield | - | Hail accumulated to a depth of 1-2 inches. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westfield | - | Many trees, branches, and power lines down throughout the county. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westfield | - | Law enforcement officials reported a tree down across a road in Westfield Township, blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts estimated up to 50 knots (58 mph). There were other nearby reports of large broken tree branches or knocked-over trees. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Westfield | - | A trained spotter reported leaves stripped from trees in Westfield by large hail. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westfield | - | Sheriff deputies reported damage to large trees from thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 56 knots (64 mph). |
| July 1994 | Hail | Westfield | - | An isolated severe thunderstorm deposited hail up to nickel-size at Westfield (Marquette County). |
| August 2025 | Hail | Westfield | - | no account filed |
| September 2021 | Hail | Westfield | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Westfield | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Westfield | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Westfield | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Westfield | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Westfield | - | no account filed |
| October 2006 | Hail | Westfield | - | no account filed |
| October 2006 | Hail | Westfield | - | no account filed |
| October 2006 | Hail | Westfield | - | no account filed |
| October 2006 | Hail | Westfield | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westfield | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Westfield | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westfield | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Hail | Westfield | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Flood | Westfield | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Westfield | - | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westfield | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Harrisville | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Oxford | 8.2 miles | 11 | |
| Packwaukee | 8.5 miles | 10 | |
| Buffalo Shore Estates | 9.9 miles | 12 | |
| Budsin | 9.9 miles | 10 | |
| Montello | 11.2 miles | 10 | |
| Endeavor | 11.7 miles | 12 |
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 Westfield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2671540 | 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 1576576. 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.
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.





