Klondike, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Brazeau town. It lies in ZIP code area 54112. It lies near Mount LeBett. The Survey maps it on the Kelly Lake quadrangle. It stands 791 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1941 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:48000
- 1950 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Kelly Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Wabeno quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
115 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Klondike between 1992 and 2020, burning about 194 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 4 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 burning | 43 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 August 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | CHARLIE RD. FIRE |
| 8 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Klondike: 2 past producers, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coleman Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Coleman Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| School Creek Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Klondike in 9 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Klondike | $350,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees along Highway 64 between Pound and Mountain. |
| May 2022 | Flash Flood | Klondike | $335,000 | Several rounds of thunderstorms dumped upwards of 7 inches of rain over central Oconto County during the late afternoon and evening hours. This caused damage to area roads, bridges, culverts, and parks across the central part of the county as well as several area roads to be washed out. The hardest hit areas were in or near the city of Spruce and north of Gillett. |
| June 1998 | Lightning | Klondike | $50,000 | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Klondike | - | Thunderstorm winds produced wind damage to a barn near White Potato Lake. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Klondike | - | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees in the Township of Brazeau. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Klondike | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees near White Potato Lake. The time of this report was estimated based on radar data. |
| August 2002 | Hail | Klondike | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Klondike | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Klondike | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickory Corners | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Spruce | 8.0 miles | 8 | |
| Kelly Brook | 8.0 miles | 8 | |
| Frostville | 9.8 miles | 9 | |
| Lena | 10.1 miles | 8 | |
| Suring | 12.2 miles | 6 | |
| Logan | 12.8 miles | 9 | |
| Oconto Falls | 13.4 miles | 8 |
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 Klondike | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6421254 | 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 1567553. 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.






