Kewaunee, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Kewaunee City. It lies in ZIP code area 54216. It stands on Kewaunee River. The Survey maps it on the Kewaunee quadrangle. 2,837 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 610 feet above sea level.
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On record in Kewaunee
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 6 records
Kewaunee County Sheriff's Residence and Jaillisted 1996
Kewaunee Pierhead Lighthouselisted 2022
Kewaunee Post Officelisted 2000
MAJOR WILBUR FR. BROWDER (tugboat)listed 2002
Marquette Historic Districtlisted 1993
Pilgrim Family Farmsteadlisted 1979
Population over time
2 figuresKewaunee fell from 2,952 to 2,837 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 | 2,952 | |
| 2020 | 2,837 | -115 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Kewaunee quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Manitowoc quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Manitowoc quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Kewaunee quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Manitowoc quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Kewaunee between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1 acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 44 |
| 30 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 27 |
| 14 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 201813 |
| 16 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 8 |
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 Kewaunee: 4 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C Novak Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kewaunee Cnty. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Kewaunee Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kewaunee Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mashek Creek Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Rankin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Stoller Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Street Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
41 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kewaunee in 41 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 14 flood, 13 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 2 lightning. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2019 | Lightning | Kewaunee | 1 hurt | A 30 year old male was struck by lightning in the city of Kewaunee. Kewaunee Police say the man was working for a company that was contracted to do some work in the area and had been holding an uncharged power line in the performance of his job when lightning struck. He was transported to the hospital and his condition is unknown. |
| August 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Kewaunee | $25,000 | A tornado formed and moved northeast on the west side of the city of Kewaunee. About 100 trees sustained some damage (DI 27,28 DOD 1,2) and several were uprooted in wet soil. Several homes had shingle or siding damage (DI 2, DOD 1,2). A baseball dugout at a school was blown down. Average path width was about 75 yards. |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kewaunee | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kewaunee | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kewaunee | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Kewaunee. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kewaunee | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Kewaunee. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kewaunee | - | Thunderstorms produced a wind gust to 67 mph at a Mesonet site in Kewaunee. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Kewaunee | - | Penny size hail fell in Kewaunee. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Kewaunee | - | Quarter size hail fell in Kewaunee. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| March 2020 | Flood | Kewaunee | - | Areas around the Kewaunee Marina were often under water due to record high lake levels. |
| May 2020 | Flood | Kewaunee | - | Areas around the Kewaunee Marina were often under water due to record high lake levels. |
| April 2020 | Flood | Kewaunee | - | Areas around the Kewaunee Marina were often under water due to record high lake levels. |
| January 2020 | Flood | Kewaunee | - | Areas around the Kewaunee Marina were often under water due to high lake levels. |
| February 2020 | Flood | Kewaunee | - | Areas around the Kewaunee Marina were often under water due to record high lake levels. |
| July 2020 | Flood | Kewaunee | - | Areas around the Kewaunee Marina were often under water due to record high lake levels. |
| August 2020 | Flood | Kewaunee | - | Areas around the Kewaunee Marina were often under water due to record high lake levels. |
| September 2020 | Flood | Kewaunee | - | Areas around the Kewaunee Marina were often under water due to high lake levels. |
| June 2020 | Flood | Kewaunee | - | Areas around the Kewaunee Marina were often under water due to record high lake levels. |
| October 2019 | Flood | Kewaunee | - | Areas around the Kewaunee Marina were often under water due to high lake levels. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kewaunee | - | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees in and around Kewaunee. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kewaunee | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees near Kewaunee. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| September 2019 | Flood | Kewaunee | - | Areas around the Kewaunee Marina were often under water due to high lake levels. |
| December 2019 | Flood | Kewaunee | - | Areas around the Kewaunee Marina were often under water due to high lake levels. |
| November 2019 | Flood | Kewaunee | - | Areas around the Kewaunee Marina were often under water due to high lake levels. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kewaunee | - | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and branches from Kewaunee to Algoma. |
| August 2017 | Hail | Kewaunee | - | Quarter size hail fell in Kewaunee. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Kewaunee | - | Thunderstorms produced lime size hail that fell at Kewaunee. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Kewaunee | - | Thunderstorms produced penny size hail that fell at the intersection of 3rd Street and Ellis Street in Kewaunee. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Kewaunee | - | Thunderstorms produced penny size hail that covered the ground a couple miles southwest of the city of Kewaunee. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Kewaunee | - | Thunderstorms produced golf ball size hail that fell in Kewaunee. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Kewaunee | - | Thunderstorms produced quarter size hail, winds to at least 40 mph and heavy rain in Kewaunee. |
| March 2007 | Flood | Kewaunee | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Kewaunee | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Kewaunee | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kewaunee | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kewaunee | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kewaunee | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Lightning | Kewaunee | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kewaunee | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kewaunee | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Kewaunee | - | 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.
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 Kewaunee | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q142624 | 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 1567445. 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.




