Keenville, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Oshkosh City. It lies in ZIP code area 54901. The Survey maps it on the Oshkosh quadrangle.
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 Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Oshkosh quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Oshkosh quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Appleton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Oshkosh quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
856 words on this townshipHistory of Winnebago County, Wisconsin, and Early History of the Northwest, published 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Oshkosh City covers the township.
Read the chapter on Oshkosh City - 856 words.
Fires near this place
19 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Keenville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 12 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 205308 |
| 17 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 205595 |
| 7 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 184525 |
| 26 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 185073 |
| 12 July 2018 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 184656 |
| 25 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 204206 |
| 4 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | COUNTY H #1 |
| 30 May 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Keenville: 4 unknowns, 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Newell Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Eureka Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Grundy Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Own Crews | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Own Crews | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Sheppard Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Vulcan Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winnebago | 1.0 miles | 9 | |
| Rockaway Beach | 1.3 miles | 9 | |
| Fairview Beach | 1.8 miles | 9 | |
| Island Beach | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Oshkosh | 2.7 miles | 9 | |
| Sunset Point | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Melrose Park | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Oakwood | 4.2 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.
| Wikidata item Q122546347 | 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 1567371. 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.




