Kieler, Wisconsin
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Jamestown town. It lies in ZIP code area 53812. It stands on Kieler Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kieler quadrangle. 557 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 902 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresKieler grew from 497 to 557 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 | 497 | |
| 2020 | 557 | +60 (+12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1900 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:125000
- 1908 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Kieler quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Dubuque North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Jamestown town. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
The Harney Murder
One of the most terrible crimes in the annals of the county was committed at Fairplay September 25,1865. Dr. Harney, an old resi¬ dent of the place, and a man of good character (except that he was subject to fits of almost insane anger), killed his step-daughter and seriously injured his wife. The daughter of Mrs.
In the county-history sources
3,188 words on this townshipHistory of Grant County Wisconsin, published 1900 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Jamestown Town covers the township.
Read the chapter on Jamestown Town - 3,188 words.
Fires near this place
5 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Kieler between 1996 and 2020, burning about 17 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20052 |
| 24 April 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 March 1999 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | McGregor District, Upper Mississippi River Complex | JDMARSH |
| 17 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 5.8 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 March 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 31938 |
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 Kieler: 5 past producers, 2 producers, 2 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Iron, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Dog Mine | Zinc, Iron, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Bob Richards Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Eagle Point Lime Works | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Fairplay Level | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | Galena | |
| Fairplay Level | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | Galena | |
| Fairplay Level Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Kowalski-Kieler Inc Kieler Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Rose Spur Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Travis Farm Prospects | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kieler in 12 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 5 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kieler | $460,000 | High winds from severe thunderstorms created considerable damage from Keiler and Dickeyville east to Cuba City and Hazel Green. Farm buildings were damaged and corn was flattened along County Roads H and Z. Between Keiler and Cuba City, numerous homes had siding and shingles blown off or were damaged by falling trees. More than three dozen trees were blown down, a barn was destroyed and several buildings received minor damage along Banfield and Indian Creek Roads. In Dickeyville, a roof was torn off, a side wall of a building knocked down and trees were uprooted or snapped off. North of Hazel Green, a machine shed was destroyed. Numerous power lines were blown down causing power outages over a large portion of southern Grant County. |
| July 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Kieler | $35,000 | This brief EF-1 tornado touched down in Kieler producing tree damage and roof damage to two structures. The tornado crossed County Road H and dissipated after damaging an outbuilding near the road. The tornado path was determined using drone footage provided by emergency management. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Kieler | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Flash Flood | Kieler | $8,000 | Water was reported over Highway 151 near Kieler. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kieler | $8,000 | no account filed |
| November 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kieler | $5,000 | Power lines were blown down in Kieler. |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kieler | $3,500 | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kieler | $500 | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees across West Lane. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Kieler | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Kieler | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Kieler | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Kieler | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rutledge | 2.5 miles | 19 | |
| Louisburg | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Sandy Hook | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Jamestown | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Dickeyville | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Fair Play | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Prairie Corners | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Sinsinawa | 5.2 miles | 17 |
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 Kieler | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q517017 | 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 1567464. 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.








