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Kewaskum, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Kewaskum town. It lies in ZIP code area 53040. The Survey maps it on the Kewaskum quadrangle. 4,309 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 935 feet above sea level.

Kewaskum within Washington County

On record in Kewaskum

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

Kewaskum grew from 4,004 to 4,309 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
20104,004
20204,309+305 (+8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

21 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Kewaskum between 2018 and 2020, burning about 69 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/undetermined10
Debris and open burning6
Smoking3
Fireworks1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
10 July 2018Fireworks1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1802296
15 May 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources838
1 May 2018Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources29
1 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources201836
1 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources201839
29 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1801047
29 April 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources24
28 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources23

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington 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 Kewaskum: 1 occurrence. 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
Barton Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

21 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kewaskum in 21 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 4 lightning, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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
June 1997Thunderstorm WindKewaskum1 hurt, $4,000no account filed
August 2012HailKewaskum$2,000,000A trained spotter reported large hail, between 1 1/4 inch and 1 1/2 inch in diameter that fell in Kewaskum. The 5-8 minute hail storm was the worst to hit Kewaskum in many years. Roughly 200 vehicles suffered damage from the hail, as well as many homes, condos, apartments and outdoor equipment. Hail damage to vehicles was about $250,000, and about $1.75 M to buildings and equipment. This information was supplied by local auto-body shops and insurance companies and is a broad estimate.
June 2004LightningKewaskum$150,000no account filed
July 1996LightningKewaskum$100,000no account filed
July 2007LightningKewaskum$50,000Lightning struck an 150-year-old building's TV antenna, resulting in an attic fire. Damage was limited to the attic and one apartment.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindKewaskum$25,000Numerous fallen trees in Kewaskum. Some roads blocked by fallen trees. Minor structural damage from high winds or fallen trees.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindKewaskum$15,000Trees and power-lines down across the northern portions of Washington County.
July 1996Thunderstorm WindKewaskum$15,000no account filed
April 2008LightningKewaskum$10,000During the pre-dawn hours, lightning struck a telephone pole behind the Police Department, damaging an outdoor siren, and several pieces of computer equipment.
June 2004Tornado (F1)Kewaskum$10,000This tornado (80-90 mph) was a continuation of the tornado that moved east-southeast from the area southwest of Campbellsport in southern Fond du Lac County. Originally this tornado was rated as F1 in Fond du Lac County, but after crossing the Washington/Fond du Lac County line near the intersection of Lake Bernice Dr. and St. Kilian Dr. it weakened to F0 status. It finally dissipated 1.5 miles northwest of Kewaskum, north of STH 28 and west of STH 45. Mainly light tree and crop damage was noted. Average path width was about 100 yards.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindKewaskum$7,000no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindKewaskum$5,000Trees and power lines down.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindKewaskum$1,000A portion of a soffit ripped off a home and a heavy grill moved.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindKewaskum-Powerful thunderstorm winds toppled large trees.
September 2021HailKewaskum-no account filed
June 2006HailKewaskum-no account filed
September 2006HailKewaskum-no account filed
March 2005Funnel CloudKewaskum-no account filed
September 2005Thunderstorm WindKewaskum-no account filed
March 1998HailKewaskum-no account filed
July 1997HailKewaskum-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Saint Michaels3.7 miles12
Orchard Grove4.9 miles15
Wayne4.9 miles9
Young America5.3 miles15
Barton5.9 miles15
Kohlsville6.0 miles14
Boltonville6.8 miles11
West Bend7.0 miles15

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 KewaskumAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q269546The 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 1567443. 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.