Maple syrup in Wisconsin, county by county
- Maple farms, 2022
- 1,349
- -4% since 2017
- Taps, 2022
- 1.3 million
- +29% since 2017
- Gallons of syrup
- 389,683
- 0.31 gal per tap
- Counties with a page
- 53
- of 67 with maple farms
Reading the map
Where Wisconsin's sugaring happens
Marathon County alone holds 214,538 taps (17% of the state). Counties shaded lightest have the fewest taps; grey counties reported fewer than five maple farms and have no atlas page. Click any county for its season calendar.
USDA's reported Wisconsin season ran from about Mar 15 to Apr 9 in a median year (12 years of records). Our weather signal for the same counties, weighted by farms, gives Mar 12 to Apr 12; county dates below are scaled so the state matches USDA, keeping only the within-state differences.
Every county
Wisconsin maple production and season dates by county
| County | Farms | Taps | Gallons | Taps vs 2017 | Sap usually runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marathon | 133 | 214,538 | 62,295 | +39% | Mar 17 – Apr 11 |
| Taylor | 46 | 117,898 | 43,918 | +93% | Mar 21 – Apr 13 |
| Shawano | 60 | 103,303 | 25,620 | -5% | Mar 15 – Apr 11 |
| Dunn | 59 | 97,224 | 27,058 | +93% | Mar 15 – Apr 8 |
| Price | 24 | 80,594 | 33,041 | +163% | Mar 23 – Apr 20 |
| Clark | 122 | 75,971 | 20,111 | -22% | Mar 14 – Apr 9 |
| Forest | 12 | 58,652 | 17,779 | +118% | Mar 26 – Apr 22 |
| Pepin | 32 | 57,550 | 16,735 | +60% | Mar 11 – Apr 6 |
| Polk | 47 | 54,930 | 40,224 | +96% | Mar 16 – Apr 10 |
| Barron | 36 | 53,574 | 12,783 | +46% | Mar 17 – Apr 11 |
| Lincoln | 38 | 52,052 | 18,293 | +6% | Mar 21 – Apr 15 |
| Chippewa | 59 | 48,153 | 11,309 | +18% | Mar 15 – Apr 7 |
| Pierce | 42 | 43,204 | 8,869 | +78% | Mar 16 – Apr 9 |
| Vernon | 63 | 34,439 | 9,124 | -36% | Mar 12 – Apr 5 |
| Langlade | 22 | 28,695 | 6,349 | +5% | Mar 22 – Apr 16 |
| Sauk | 27 | 15,084 | 4,037 | +140% | Mar 7 – Apr 2 |
| Oconto | 30 | 11,013 | 2,303 | +25% | Mar 18 – Apr 12 |
| Rusk | 17 | 10,697 | 2,840 | +12% | Mar 18 – Apr 13 |
| Sheboygan | 10 | 10,136 | 2,767 | +33% | Mar 17 – Apr 3 |
| Iron | 4 | 8,000 | 2,570 | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Portage | 26 | 7,840 | 1,829 | +132% | Mar 15 – Apr 9 |
| Eau Claire | 23 | 7,523 | 1,354 | +93% | Mar 14 – Apr 6 |
| Richland | 36 | 7,269 | 2,188 | +13% | Mar 8 – Apr 2 |
| Wood | 21 | 6,844 | 1,442 | -21% | Mar 13 – Apr 9 |
| Door | 5 | 5,851 | 1,540 | +58% | Mar 18 – Apr 10 |
| Monroe | 19 | 5,234 | 1,040 | -61% | Mar 10 – Apr 6 |
| Jackson | 13 | 4,990 | 802 | +962% | Mar 12 – Apr 7 |
| Marinette | 6 | 4,724 | 1,140 | -69% | Mar 17 – Apr 12 |
| Washburn | 18 | 4,652 | 830 | +15% | Mar 17 – Apr 12 |
| Bayfield | 17 | 4,634 | 852 | -33% | Mar 24 – Apr 18 |
| Manitowoc | 18 | 4,402 | 1,304 | -36% | Mar 18 – Apr 6 |
| Brown | 11 | 4,154 | 1,361 | — | Mar 15 – Apr 9 |
| Waupaca | 18 | 3,795 | 770 | +116% | Mar 13 – Apr 8 |
| Columbia | 10 | 2,575 | 557 | +180% | Mar 7 – Apr 1 |
| Vilas | 8 | 2,334 | 434 | -17% | Mar 26 – Apr 23 |
| Green Lake | 14 | 1,990 | 266 | +170% | Mar 11 – Apr 4 |
| Outagamie | 9 | 1,925 | 474 | +178% | Mar 13 – Apr 6 |
| St. Croix | 13 | 1,780 | 455 | -18% | Mar 12 – Apr 5 |
| Grant | 19 | 1,307 | 264 | -62% | Mar 5 – Mar 31 |
| Douglas | 6 | 1,100 | 179 | -54% | Mar 29 – Apr 18 |
| Waushara | 14 | 1,017 | 203 | +61% | Mar 13 – Apr 8 |
| Trempealeau | 7 | 1,000 | 162 | +18% | Mar 12 – Apr 6 |
| Dane | 7 | 949 | 113 | +413% | Mar 6 – Mar 31 |
| Sawyer | 4 | 910 | 91 | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Ozaukee | 7 | 754 | 216 | +49% | Mar 8 – Apr 1 |
| Kewaunee | 10 | 581 | 103 | -68% | Mar 18 – Apr 7 |
| Burnett | 5 | 540 | 145 | -82% | Mar 17 – Apr 13 |
| Dodge | 9 | 536 | 114 | -66% | Mar 10 – Apr 3 |
| Washington | 14 | 464 | 66 | — | Mar 10 – Apr 2 |
| Iowa | 9 | 336 | 63 | -24% | Mar 9 – Apr 2 |
| Ashland | 4 | 260 | 36 | +0% | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Waukesha | 7 | 255 | 59 | -93% | Mar 6 – Mar 31 |
| Green | 3 | 190 | 52 | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Juneau | 9 | 166 | 49 | -49% | Mar 9 – Apr 3 |
| Jefferson | 9 | 147 | 27 | -81% | Mar 5 – Mar 30 |
| Calumet | 8 | 112 | 20 | -75% | Mar 13 – Apr 5 |
| Rock | 4 | 80 | 16 | -43% | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Walworth | 3 | 59 | 17 | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Racine | 3 | 36 | 7 | -35% | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Oneida | 0 | 0 | 0 | -100% | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Crawford | 5 | withheld | withheld | — | Mar 3 – Mar 30 |
| Fond du Lac | 3 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Winnebago | 3 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Buffalo | 2 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Florence | 2 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| La Crosse | 2 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Lafayette | 2 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Marquette | 1 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Wisconsin total | 1,349 | 1,272,963 | 389,683 | +29% | USDA median Mar 15 – Apr 9 |
“Withheld” = USDA suppressed the figure to avoid disclosing individual operations. County totals need not sum to the state total for that reason.
About this page
Production figures are copied, unchanged, from Table 37 of the 2022 Census of Agriculture county volume for Wisconsin. Season dates come from our county maple atlas: 36 seasons of daily temperatures at each county seat scored with the freeze-thaw rule behind our live forecast, calibrated against 117 state-seasons of USDA-reported dates. How the atlas is built, and the downloadable dataset →
Sources · 3
- 1.2022 Census of Agriculture, County Level Data — Wisconsin, Table 37: Maple Syrup, 2022 and 2017 · USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service
- 2.USDA NASS maple syrup reports — approximate average season opened and closed dates, 2011–2022 · USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (mirrored by the University of Vermont)
- 3.PRISM daily temperature grids (AN81d, 4 km), accessed 2026-10-05 · PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu
FAQ
Wisconsin maple questions
- Which county in Wisconsin makes the most maple syrup?
- Marathon County, with 214,538 taps and 62,295 gallons of syrup across 133 farms in the 2022 Census of Agriculture, about 17% of the state's taps. USDA withheld totals for 8 counties to protect individual farms, so the ranking covers published counties.
- How many maple producers are there in Wisconsin?
- The 2022 Census of Agriculture counted 1,349 farms producing maple syrup in Wisconsin (1,399 in 2017), with 1,272,963 taps and 389,683 gallons of syrup. The Census counts farms, so backyard sugarmakers who don't sell are not included.
- Where does the sap run first in Wisconsin?
- By our weather record, Crawford County (Prairie du Chien) typically starts around March 3, while Douglas County (Superior) starts around March 29, a spread of about 26 days across the state.
Other states
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