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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.

Elkhart Lake within Sheboygan County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Elkhart 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.

YearPeople Change
2010967
2020941-26 (-3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

9 since 2012

Regional 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 burning3
Smoking2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 August 2018Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources251
21 July 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesGLENBEULAH
10 July 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources214
15 June 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources193
1 May 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources104
9 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources106
25 March 2018Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources83
25 March 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources84

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sheboygan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Sheboygan County Agricultural DeptStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Crystal Lake Crushed Stone QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Elkhart PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jens PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jones PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
L. Fries PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Neils PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Northwest Area OperationsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
School PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sheyboygan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Sheboygan County

Storms near this place

21 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2006Thunderstorm WindElkhart Lake$400,000no account filed
May 2010Thunderstorm WindElkhart Lake$75,000Powerful 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 2001Thunderstorm WindElkhart Lake$25,000no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindElkhart Lake$25,000no account filed
August 2021Flash FloodElkhart Lake$15,000County 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 2023Thunderstorm WindElkhart Lake$10,000Numerous trees down.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindElkhart Lake$10,000A swath of large trees downed.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindElkhart Lake$10,000A sporadic 3 mile path of trees and power lines down.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindElkhart Lake$10,000Powerful downburst straight-line winds toppled many large trees. Tree debris knocked down some power-lines.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindElkhart Lake$7,000no account filed
June 2013Thunderstorm WindElkhart Lake$5,000Law enforcement officials reported wind gusts estimated up to 60 mph (52 knots) in Elkhart Lake.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindElkhart Lake$4,000no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindElkhart Lake$2,000no account filed
June 2012HailElkhart 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 2015HailElkhart Lake-no account filed
June 2012HailElkhart Lake-no account filed
April 2008HailElkhart Lake-no account filed
August 2008HailElkhart Lake-no account filed
March 1998HailElkhart Lake-no account filed
July 1996Funnel CloudElkhart Lake-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindElkhart Lake-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sheboygan County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Glenbeulah2.9 miles10
Rhine3.8 miles10
Hulls Crossing5.1 miles10
Greenbush5.3 miles10
Franklin6.2 miles10
Johnsonville6.2 miles10
Plymouth6.2 miles9
Ada7.1 miles9

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 LakeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3301283The 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.