Gillett, Wisconsin
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Gillett City. It lies in ZIP code area 54124. The Survey maps it on the Gillett quadrangle. 1,289 people lived here at the 2020 count.
On record in Gillett
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 1 record
Citizens State Bank of Gillettlisted 2008
Population over time
2 figuresGillett fell from 1,386 to 1,289 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 | 1,386 | |
| 2020 | 1,289 | -97 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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.
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Gillett quadrangle1:62500
- 1974 USGS Gillett quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Shawano quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
79 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Gillett between 1992 and 2020, burning about 89 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were 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 | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.1 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 August 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | KLAUS ROAD |
| 9 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | DITCH MOWING FIRE |
| 24 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Gillett: 5 past producers, 5 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Line Road Ls Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Church Road Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Church Road Gravel Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Flat Rock Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Gillett Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Green Valley Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Holy Hill Road Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Holy Hill Road Gravel Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Holy Hill Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Klatt Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gillett in 14 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Gillett | $5,000 | Another tornado formed and produced mainly light damage along its two mile path. The tornado uprooted or snapped at least 20 trees (DI 27 and 28, DOD 3 and 4) and caused minor damage to a house (DI 2, DOD 2). |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gillett | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gillett | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Gillett | - | A tornado touched down in Gillett at 5:37 PM CDT. The tornado tracked east and tore the roof of a metal building, uplifted and damaged the roof of a nearby building, and snapped and uprooted several trees before dissipating east of Gillett at 5:40 PM CDT. Total path length is estimated to be 2.33 miles long, with a width of 65 yards. Peak wind estimated to be around 95 mph. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gillett | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated near 60 mph downed a couple of trees down in Gillett. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gillett | - | Wind downed 18 inch diameter oak tree. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gillett | - | Trees were knocked down by 70 mph winds, estimated by fire department personnel. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Gillett | - | no account filed |
| October 2006 | Hail | Gillett | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Gillett | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Gillett | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gillett | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Gillett | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Hail | Gillett | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mosling | 3.6 miles | 6 | |
| Underhill | 4.2 miles | 6 | |
| Hintz | 5.7 miles | 6 | |
| Kelly Brook | 6.9 miles | 8 | |
| Frostville | 8.0 miles | 9 | |
| Suring | 8.3 miles | 6 | |
| Hickory Corners | 8.4 miles | 9 | |
| Spruce | 8.7 miles | 8 |
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 Gillett | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1569560 | 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 1565528. 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.



