Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Elkhart Lake Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53020. The Survey maps it on the Elkhart Lake quadrangle. 941 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 948 feet above sea level.
On record in Elkhart Lake
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 4 records
Elkhart Lake Road Race Circuitslisted 2006
Villa Launlisted 1982- Siebken's Resortlisted 2020
- Villa Von Baumbachlisted 1982
Population over time
2 figuresElkhart Lake fell from 967 to 941 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 | 967 | |
| 2020 | 941 | -26 (-3%) |
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.
- 1954 USGS Kiel quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Elkhart Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Fond Du Lac quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Elkhart Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Elkhart Lake between 2012 and 2020, burning about 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 251 |
| 21 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | GLENBEULAH |
| 10 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 214 |
| 15 June 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 193 |
| 1 May 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 104 |
| 9 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 106 |
| 25 March 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 83 |
| 25 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 84 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Elkhart Lake: 7 producers, 4 past producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheboygan County Agricultural Dept | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Crystal Lake Crushed Stone Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Elkhart Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Jens Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Jones Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| L. Fries Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Neils Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Northwest Area Operations | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| School Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sheyboygan Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
21 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elkhart Lake in 21 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 13 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhart Lake | $400,000 | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhart Lake | $75,000 | Powerful thunderstorm winds toppled about three dozen large trees and resultant tree debris knocked down at least a dozen to two dozen power-lines. About 800 customers lost electrical power, but by 2200 CST all power was restored. One light pole was knocked down at Lincoln St. and Rhine St. in the Elkhart Lake area. One tree fell onto an automobile at the Osthoff Resort near Elkhart Lake and damaged it. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhart Lake | $25,000 | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhart Lake | $25,000 | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Flash Flood | Elkhart Lake | $15,000 | County Road MM was reported underwater where it intersects the Sheboygan River. Nearby on MM closer to highway J, two vehicles stuck in flood waters in the ditch. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhart Lake | $10,000 | Numerous trees down. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhart Lake | $10,000 | A swath of large trees downed. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhart Lake | $10,000 | A sporadic 3 mile path of trees and power lines down. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhart Lake | $10,000 | Powerful downburst straight-line winds toppled many large trees. Tree debris knocked down some power-lines. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhart Lake | $7,000 | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhart Lake | $5,000 | Law enforcement officials reported wind gusts estimated up to 60 mph (52 knots) in Elkhart Lake. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhart Lake | $4,000 | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhart Lake | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Elkhart Lake | - | A Sheboygan County Sheriff Deputy reported large hail fell about 2 miles east of Elkhart Lake between STH 57 and STH 67. The hail measured 1.25 inches in diameter. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Elkhart Lake | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Elkhart Lake | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Elkhart Lake | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Elkhart Lake | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Elkhart Lake | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Funnel Cloud | Elkhart Lake | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhart Lake | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenbeulah | 2.9 miles | 10 | |
| Rhine | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Hulls Crossing | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Greenbush | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Franklin | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Johnsonville | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Plymouth | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Ada | 7.1 miles | 9 |
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 Elkhart Lake | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3301283 | 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 1584500. 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.





