Editing Thiensville, Wisconsin (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of {{convert|1.10|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which, {{convert|1.09|sqmi|sqkm|2}} of it is land and {{convert|0.01|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=November 18, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archive-date=January 25, 2012}}</ref>

[[File:Green Bay Rd Thiensville WI May-09.jpg|thumb|Many of the houses in Thiensville's [[Green Bay Road Historic District (Thiensville, Wisconsin)|Green Bay Road Historic District]] date to the 1890s and early 1900s.]]

The Village of Thiensville is an [[Enclave and exclave|enclave]], surrounded by the City of [[Mequon, Wisconsin|Mequon]] on all sides.<ref>{{cite web|title=Thiensville Business Association |url=https://thiensvillebusiness.com |publisher=Thiensville Business Association |access-date=April 24, 2020}}</ref> The village is located on the north and west bank of a bend in the [[Milwaukee River]]. Pigeon Creek also flows through downtown Thiensville into the river, with the confluence near the old village hall at the intersection of Main Street and Green Bay Road. There is a dam on the Milwaukee River, upstream from the confluence of the river and the creek.<ref name="Resources">{{cite web|title=Inventory of Agricultural, Natural, and Cultural Resources|url=https://www.co.ozaukee.wi.us/DocumentCenter/View/813/Comprehensive-Plan-2035-Chapter-3?bidId=|publisher=Ozaukee County|access-date=January 20, 2020}}</ref>

The village is located in the [[Southeastern Wisconsin Till Plains (ecoregion)|Southeastern Wisconsin glacial till plains]] that were created by the [[Wisconsin glaciation]] during the most recent ice age. The village is south of the [[Devonian]] Thiensville formation, a large [[limestone]] deposit lying mostly below the soil with the exception of an exposed rock face at the Cedarburg Road [[Cut (earthworks)|cut]] in northern Mequon. The [[Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources]] considers the eastern part of Thiensville to be in the Central Lake Michigan Coastal ecological landscape, while the western part of the village is in the Southern Lake Michigan Coastal ecological landscape.<ref name="Resources"/> Before white settlers arrived in the area, the area was an upland forest dominated by [[Fagus grandifolia|American beech]] and [[Acer saccharum|sugar maple]] trees. While some areas of Mequon have remained undeveloped, most of Thiensville has been developed and little-to-none of the old growth forest remains.<ref name="Resources" />

The region struggles with many invasive species, including the [[emerald ash borer]], [[common carp]], [[Phalaris arundinacea|reed canary grass]], the [[Phragmites|common reed]], [[Lythrum salicaria|purple loosestrife]], [[Alliaria petiolata|garlic mustard]], [[Rhamnus (plant)|Eurasian buckthorns]], and [[honeysuckle]]s.<ref name="Coastal">{{cite web|title=Central Lake Michigan Coastal Ecological Landscape|url=https://dnr.wi.gov/topic/Landscapes/documents/1805Ch8.pdf#view=Fit|publisher=Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources|access-date=January 20, 2020}}</ref>