Kaukauna, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Kaukauna City. It lies in ZIP code area 54130. It stands on Kankapot Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kaukauna quadrangle. 17,089 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 650 feet above sea level.
On record in Kaukauna
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 12 of 17 shown
Merritt Black Houselisted 1984
Norman Brokaw Houselisted 1984
Fargo's Furniture Storelisted 1984
Free Public Library of Kaukaunalisted 1984
Charles A. Grignon Houselisted 1972
Holy Cross Churchlisted 1984
Kaukauna Locks Historic Districtlisted 1993
Klein Dairy Farmhouselisted 1984
Kuehn Blacksmith Shop-Hardware Storelisted 1984
Lindauer and Rupert Blocklisted 1984
Julius J. Martens Company Buildinglisted 1984
Capt. Matthew J. Meade Houselisted 1984
Population over time
2 figuresKaukauna grew from 15,462 to 17,089 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 | 15,462 | |
| 2020 | 17,089 | +1,627 (+11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Appleton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Kaukauna quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Appleton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Kaukauna quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
23 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Kaukauna between 2018 and 2020, burning about 13 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20CL029 |
| 7 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | AP00199 |
| 30 July 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 36 |
| 25 July 2018 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18BU001 |
| 19 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 200931 |
| 19 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 235 |
| 1 July 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 28 |
| 4 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 200592 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Kaukauna: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bodde Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Kaukauna Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
18 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kaukauna in 18 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 7 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 lightning. 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 2011 | Tornado (EF2) | Kaukauna | $6,700,000 | A fast moving tornado touched down in the southwest side of Kaukauna near County Road CE at 8:43 pm CDT (1743 CST). The tornado cut through the center of a subdivision as it moved north-northeast to near the Fox River before lifting off the ground. Seven homes were destroyed, 24 homes and four businesses sustained major damage, and 160 other homes sustained minor damage. Several houses lost large sections of their roofs (DI 2, DOD 6) in the hardest hit area of the city. The average path width was 125 yards. |
| August 2010 | Flash Flood | Kaukauna | $25,000 | Heavy rain fell across the Fox Valley, causing flash flooding near Kaukauna. Nearby Darboy measured 3.50 inches of rain during the morning storms. Kankapot Creek in Kaukauna flooded Highway KK, which was closed for some time. Wisconsin International Raceway, which was hosting a Pyrotechnics Guild International event, had to be evacuated due to the flood. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kaukauna | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Kaukauna. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kaukauna | $4,000 | Thunderstorm winds snapped large trees about five feet above the ground in Kaukauna. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kaukauna | $2,000 | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kaukauna | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Kaukauna. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Kaukauna | - | A tornado formed at 8:58 pm CDT southwest of the village of Kaukauna in southeastern Outagamie County and continued northeast before dissipating at 9:02 pm CDT in Central Park on the Fox River. Total path length is estimated to be 2.69 miles long, with a width of 80 yards. Peak wind estimated to be around 100 mph. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kaukauna | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Kaukauna and Little Chute. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| September 2021 | Hail | Kaukauna | - | Half dollar size hail fell in Kaukauna. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Kaukauna | - | Golf ball size hail fell in Kaukauna. |
| May 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Kaukauna | - | A funnel cloud was reported by the public over Kaukauna. |
| August 2010 | Hail | Kaukauna | - | Hail described as grape size fell in Kaukauna. |
| January 2008 | Hail | Kaukauna | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Kaukauna | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Kaukauna | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kaukauna | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Kaukauna | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Lightning | Kaukauna | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Combined Locks | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Little Chute | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Kimberly | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Whispering Pines | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Apple Creek | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Freedom | 7.5 miles | 8 | |
| Bell Heights | 7.6 miles | 10 | |
| Appleton | 7.7 miles | 10 |
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 Kaukauna | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1570157 | 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 1567364. 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.




