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Kirchhayn, Wisconsin

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Jackson town. It lies in ZIP code area 53012. The Survey maps it on the Five Corners quadrangle. It stands 889 feet above sea level.

Kirchhayn within Washington County

On record in Kirchhayn

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

17 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Kirchhayn between 2018 and 2020, burning about 11 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
4 August 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources180850
19 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1801269
19 July 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1801111
23 June 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources190704
4 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources190468
30 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018057
3 April 2020Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources200365
22 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2019064

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 Kirchhayn: 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
H.F. Prahl Corp. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

10 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kirchhayn in 10 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 4 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2025Flash FloodKirchhayn$2,400,000Flash flooding of streets, creeks, rivers, and low lying neighborhoods in Germantown and surrounding areas. More specifically, the flash flooding of the Menomonee River and its tributaries flooded and closed portions of many roads. This included portions of County Line Road, a lane of I-41, Freistadt Road, Lilac Lane, Maple Road, Rockfield Road, and Wausaukee Road. There was a small number of stranded vehicles in relatively deep, still water, as well as some basement flooding in Germantown.
August 2025Flash FloodKirchhayn$2,400,000Flash flooding of streets, creeks, rivers, and low lying neighborhoods in West Bend and other communities over northern Washington County. Some vehicles were stranded in relatively deep, still water. The neighborhoods near the Silverbrook Creek Parkway experienced the worst of the flash flooding in West Bend, as several homes suffered foundation damage, while most had basement flooding. Some sewer backups occurred in West Bend. Approximately 316 properties reported flood damage.
August 2025FloodKirchhayn$1,000,000A continuation of flooding of streets, creeks, rivers, low lying neighborhoods, and basements in West Bend and other communities over northern Washington County. Additional showers and storms aggravated the flooding. The neighborhoods near the Silverbrook Creek Parkway in West Bend experienced severe basement flooding, but also several instances of partial foundation collapse. Approximately 316 properties reported flood damage in West Bend.
August 2025FloodKirchhayn$1,000,000A continuation of flooding of streets, creeks, rivers, low lying neighborhoods, and basements in Germantown and surrounding communities. Additional showers and storms aggravated the flooding. Some vehicles stranded in relatively deep, still water. More specifically, the flooding of the Menomonee River and its tributaries flooded and closed portions of many roads. This included portions of County Line Road, the northbound lane of I-41, Freistadt Road, Lilac Lane, Maple Road, Rockfield Road, and Wausaukee Road. The Riversbend Circle neighborhood in southwest Germantown experienced widespread flooding with 2 to 3 feet of water on the streets, especially on Riverbend Circle W. Many homes reported basement flooding and electrical power was lost in the neighborhood. A voluntary evacuation of 48 citizens was conducted by the local government. Overall there were about a 170 reports of flooding in Germantown. An elderly man died and his wife was hospitalized from probable carbon monoxide poisoning from a generator being run in a garage.
June 2007Tornado (EF1)Kirchhayn$25,000A weak tornado struck a rural cluster of homes about 2.9 miles north-northeast (82 degrees) of Kuchhayn, or 4.5 miles east of Jackson, or about 0.4 miles southeast (135 degrees) of the intersection of CTH M and Cedar Creek Rd., and then headed north and crossed Cedar Creek Rd. It dissipated just south of Cedar Creek, or about 3.3 north-northeast (72 degrees) of Kirchhayn. Two homes on Highview Dr. sustained slight damage to roof shingles, gutters, and siding. A boat and shed were also damaged. About 30 trees sustained damage, and 6 were uprooted. Average path width was about 25 yards. The specific lat/lon data is: N43.3370 W88.07220 for the start and N43.34350 W88.07290 for the end point. DI #2 (FR12), DOD2. Estimated wind speeds 90 mph.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindKirchhayn$2,000Straight-line winds uprooting a large pine tree and shearing off another large pine tree. Pine tree branches also knocked down.
April 2023HailKirchhayn-no account filed
April 2023HailKirchhayn-no account filed
June 2022HailKirchhayn-no account filed
April 2020HailKirchhayn-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
Rockfield3.0 miles15
Dheinsville4.0 miles15
Jackson4.3 miles15
Germantown4.6 miles20
Goldenthal5.4 miles20
Keowns5.6 miles15
Richfield5.9 miles15
Mayfield5.9 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 KirchhaynAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6415002The 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 1567532. 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.