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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.

Gillett within Oconto County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Gillett 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,386
20201,289-97 (-7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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

79 since 1992

Regional 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 burning33
Equipment and vehicle use19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
5 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use1.1 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 August 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesKLAUS ROAD
9 July 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 July 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesDITCH MOWING FIRE
24 July 2006Debris and open burning1.5 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oconto County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Valley Line Road Ls QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Church Road Gravel Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Church Road Gravel Deposit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Flat Rock Road Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Gillett PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Green Valley Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Holy Hill Road Gravel Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Holy Hill Road Gravel Deposit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Holy Hill Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Klatt PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Oconto County

Storms near this place

14 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2015Tornado (EF1)Gillett$5,000Another 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 1998Thunderstorm WindGillett$1,000no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindGillett$1,000no account filed
July 2025Tornado (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 2017Thunderstorm WindGillett-Thunderstorm winds estimated near 60 mph downed a couple of trees down in Gillett.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindGillett-Wind downed 18 inch diameter oak tree.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindGillett-Trees were knocked down by 70 mph winds, estimated by fire department personnel.
June 2007HailGillett-no account filed
October 2006HailGillett-no account filed
June 2005Funnel CloudGillett-no account filed
May 2002HailGillett-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindGillett-no account filed
March 1998HailGillett-no account filed
September 1996HailGillett-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Oconto 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
Mosling3.6 miles6
Underhill4.2 miles6
Hintz5.7 miles6
Kelly Brook6.9 miles8
Frostville8.0 miles9
Suring8.3 miles6
Hickory Corners8.4 miles9
Spruce8.7 miles8

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 GillettAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1569560The 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.