Kiel, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Kiel City. It lies in ZIP code area 53042. The Survey maps it on the Kiel quadrangle. 3,932 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 919 feet above sea level.
On record in Kiel
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
- Kiel Milllisted 2022
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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 Kiel quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Kiel quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Fond Du Lac quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Kiel quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Kiel between 2018 and 2019, burning under an 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 | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 5056 |
| 7 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 5122 |
| 14 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 5123 |
| 21 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 5115 |
| 30 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 4962 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Kiel: 6 past producers, 3 producers. 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elkhart Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kiel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| L. Fries Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Neils Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Schnelle Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| School Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wiskerchen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Witt Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Zimmerman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
18 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kiel in 18 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 lightning, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2018 | Tornado (EF1) | Kiel | $75,000 | The tornado that began just inside the Calumet County border near Meggers Road moved into Manitowoc County and destroyed a barn (DI 1, DOD 5,6). The tornado produced sporadic tree damage along its path and dissipated less than two minutes after it formed. |
| June 1998 | Lightning | Kiel | $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kiel | $3,000 | An isolated thunderstorm moved across southwest Manitowoc County near Kiel and produced a wind gust over 60 mph. The wind knocked over two utility poles, blew a trampoline 500 feet from its yard, ripped off the railings from a backyard deck, and flattened a grass field. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kiel | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kiel | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kiel | - | Thunderstorm winds snapped a tree and uprooted another tree in Kiel. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Kiel | - | Quarter size hail fell near Kiel. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kiel | - | Thunderstorm winds downed multiple trees and power lines in Kiel. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kiel | - | Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power lines in the Kiel area. The time of this report was estimated based on radar data. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kiel | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees around Kiel. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| December 2015 | Heavy Rain | Kiel | - | Several rounds of heavy rain that moved across Manitowoc County produced 3.00 inches of rainfall in Kiel. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kiel | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked trees down in the town of Kiel. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Kiel | - | An isolated thunderstorm produced a brief period of half-dollar size hail. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kiel | - | High winds from thunderstorms downed trees and power lines. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Kiel | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Funnel Cloud | Kiel | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Kiel | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kiel | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockville | 2.1 miles | 9 | |
| Millhome | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Louis Corners | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Steinthal | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| School Hill | 7.9 miles | 9 | |
| Saint Nazianz | 8.9 miles | 10 | |
| Spring Valley | 10.6 miles | 9 | |
| Meeme | 10.8 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.
| Wikipedia article on Kiel | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1570473 | 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 1567461. 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.





