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Keshena, Wisconsin

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Menominee town. It lies in ZIP code area 54135. It stands on Oshkosh Creek. The Survey maps it on the Keshena quadrangle. 1,257 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 823 feet above sea level.

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Keshena within Menominee County

Population over time

2 figures

Keshena fell from 1,262 to 1,257 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
20101,262
20201,257-5 (-0%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

424 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 424 fires within 5 miles of Keshena between 1992 and 2020, burning about 180 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 52 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 burning89
Misuse of fire by a minor79
Missing data/not specified/undetermined65
Arson/incendiarism52
Fireworks44
Recreation and ceremony26
Equipment and vehicle use23
Smoking17
Power generation/transmission/distribution15
Other causes7
Natural6
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
7 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresMenominee TribeCOOPWHERE'
7 September 1998Recreation and ceremony4.5 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 September 2010Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMenominee TribePOWERLINE
10 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreMenominee TribeFOX RIDGE
9 August 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMenominee TribePINE RIDGE
9 August 1995Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 August 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 August 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMenominee TribeVV WEST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Menominee County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Keshena: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Montoure Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Storms near this place

43 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Keshena in 43 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 26 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 2 lightning, 2 funnel cloud. The reports record 2 deaths and 8 injuries. 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 2019FloodKeshena1 killedFast flows and flooding on the Wolf River caused a fatality as someone drowned from the abnormally fast current. The victim went into the river in Keshena that is frequently used for swimming.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindKeshena1 killedThunderstorm winds downed trees in Keshena. One tree fell onto a car and killed a 39 year old woman.
June 1996LightningKeshena8 hurtno account filed
June 2017LightningKeshena$25,000Lightning caused a house fire in Keshena.
December 2014FloodKeshena$10,000Ice jams, comprised of frazil ice, caused low-land flooding along the Wolf River in Keshena. An excavator was used in an attempt to open up a channel that would allow water to bypass the jam, but those efforts were unsuccessful. About a dozen structures were affected by the high waters, and some homes had flooding in their basements. The intersection of State Highways 47/55 and County Trunk VV East had to be closed for several days after the river began to spill over the road. Work crews placed barriers along the Wolf River and constructed a dam in a small creek leading into the river. They then used industrial electric pumps, capable of pumping about 500 gallons per minute, to remove water from the creek and pump it into the Wolf River. This caused the flood waters to recede.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindKeshena$5,000Thunderstorm winds caused widespread tree and power line damage.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindKeshena$2,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindKeshena$2,000no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindKeshena$2,000no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindKeshena$2,000no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindKeshena$1,000no account filed
July 2025Tornado (EF1)Keshena-A tornado touched down just west of Keshena at 5:15 PM CDT. The tornado tracked east and snapped and uprooted several trees before dissipating east of Keshena at 5:25 PM CDT. Total path length is estimated to be 7.43 miles long, with a width of 90 yards. Peak wind estimated to be around 90 mph.
June 2024Tornado (EF1)Keshena-A tornado developed near Highway 55 northwest of Keshena at 2:25 AM CDT, then tracked east-southeast crossing the Legend Lake area and entering Oconto County at 2:33 AM CDT. The tornado downed multiple power lines, snapped and uprooted trees, and flipped several campers at a campground along the path. Total path length is estimated to be 8.96 miles long, with a width of 83 yards. Peak wind estimated to be around 98 mph.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindKeshena-Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power lines in Keshena. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindKeshena-Thunderstorm winds downed multiple trees and power lines across Keshena. Highway 55 had to be closed due to downed trees in the road. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindKeshena-Thunderstorms winds downed trees on Highway 47 around Keshena.
July 2013HailKeshena-Penny size hail fell about 10 miles north of Keshena.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindKeshena-Thunderstorms winds downed trees northeast of Keshena.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindKeshena-Thunderstorm winds downed many tree branches and limbs and also knocked a one foot diameter tree onto a road.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindKeshena-Thunderstorms downed several trees and large branches and also produced pea-size hail. The damage occurred about 8 miles north of Keshena near Highway 55 and County Road M.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindKeshena-Trees and large branches down along State Highway 47 west of Keshena and in Keshena.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindKeshena-Trees and power lines down in the vicinity of Keshena.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindKeshena-Trees down along Highway 47 to the town of Zoar. Trees also down on the north side of Legend Lake.
June 2008HailKeshena-no account filed
May 2006Funnel CloudKeshena-no account filed
May 2006Funnel CloudKeshena-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindKeshena-no account filed
July 2006HailKeshena-no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindKeshena-no account filed
October 2006HailKeshena-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindKeshena-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindKeshena-no account filed
April 2002Thunderstorm WindKeshena-no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindKeshena-no account filed
August 2002HailKeshena-no account filed
July 2000Flash FloodKeshena-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindKeshena-no account filed
May 1998HailKeshena-no account filed
May 1998HailKeshena-no account filed
March 1998HailKeshena-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindKeshena-no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindKeshena-no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindKeshena-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Menominee 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
Keshena Falls1.3 miles8
Legend Lake2.9 miles8
Middle Village6.6 miles8
Neopit12.4 miles7
Zoar16.7 miles8
Perote (historical)17.2 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 KeshenaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1569832The 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 1567430. 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.