Windsor, Wisconsin
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Windsor Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53532. It stands on Wheeler Wilcox Creek. The Survey maps it on the De Forest quadrangle. 8,754 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,033 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWindsor grew from 3,573 to 8,754 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 | 3,573 | |
| 2020 | 8,754 | +5,181 (+145%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 24 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.
- 1890 USGS Madison quadrangle1:62500
- 1892 USGS Madison quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1904 USGS Madison quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Madison quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS De Forest quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Madison quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS De Forest quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
16 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Windsor between 2004 and 2020, burning about 63 acres in total. None 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/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1060 |
| 22 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1183 |
| 16 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1822998 |
| 5 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | KLEINERT ROAD |
| 31 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 955 |
| 4 May 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 May 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 608 |
| 9 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 549 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Windsor: 7 producers, 1 past producer. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Stone Co Inc Ghost Hill Qy | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Paulson Schwenn Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Francis Nordness Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Johnson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Madison Airport Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Norway Grove Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Norway Grove Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Token Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Windsor in 11 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail. 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Windsor | $2,000 | Three large trees uprooted. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Windsor | $1,000 | Several tree limbs down. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Windsor | $500 | A tree down in Windsor. |
| February 2017 | Hail | Windsor | - | Hail covering the ground. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Windsor | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Windsor | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Windsor | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Windsor | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Windsor | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Windsor | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Windsor | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Windsor | 1.0 miles | 24 | |
| De Forest | 2.0 miles | 24 | |
| Token Creek | 3.0 miles | 24 | |
| Raintree | 3.2 miles | 24 | |
| Wynbrooke | 3.6 miles | 24 | |
| Norway Grove | 3.9 miles | 24 | |
| Sunburst | 3.9 miles | 24 | |
| Morrisonville | 4.2 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 Windsor | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8024546 | 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 1576858. 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.









