Kneeland, Wisconsin
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Raymond Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53108. The Survey maps it on the North Cape quadrangle. It stands 751 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1891 USGS Muskego quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Muskego quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Hales Corners quadrangle1:62500
- 1959 USGS North Cape quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Lake Geneva quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
5,635 words on this townshipOfficial Record of the Old Settlers Society of Racine County, Wisconsin : with the Historical Address of Charles E. Dyer, Delivered at Burlington, Wis., February 22, 1871, published 1871; The History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin .., published 1879 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Raymond Village covers the township.
Read the chapter on Raymond Village - 5,635 words.
Fires near this place
14 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Kneeland between 2018 and 2020, burning about 4 acres 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 262 |
| 26 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2001898 |
| 23 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2614 |
| 14 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2001223 |
| 5 May 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1376 |
| 2 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1340 |
| 25 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 927 |
| 23 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18023 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kneeland in 7 storm reports between 2013 and 2020: 6 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kneeland | $50,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds ripped portions of a roof off of a home. An old barn was also destroyed by the strong winds. |
| May 2020 | Flood | Kneeland | $5,000 | The Root River at Raymond and across northeast Racine County flooded after several inches of rainfall in the basin. The Root River at Raymond crested at 10.97 feet on May 18th. Floodwaters are in the backyards of some homes in the Town of Raymond. There is widespread flooding of lowland and agricultural land throughout the basin. Floodwaters cover a baseball diamond on 6 Mile Road. On May 18th, Nicholson Road, which crosses the Root River near the Racine and Milwaukee County line, was closed due to flooding. Husher Creek, which flows into the Root River, also flooded and was covering Highway 38 south of Seven Mile Road. |
| April 2013 | Flood | Kneeland | $3,000 | The Root River Canal near Raymond experienced minor flooding as it crested at 10.41 feet, or 1.41 feet above the flood stage of 9 feet at 1 PM on April 18th. |
| May 2020 | Flood | Kneeland | $1,000 | The Root River Canal at Raymond reached minor flood stage, cresting at 10.57 feet on April 30th. This flooding continued into May 1st. Floodwaters cover a baseball diamond on 6 Mile Road. There is extensive flooding to lowland and agricultural land in the Town of Raymond. |
| April 2020 | Flood | Kneeland | $1,000 | The Root River Canal at Raymond reached minor flood stage, cresting at 10.57 feet on April 30th. This flooding continued into May 1st. Floodwaters cover a baseball diamond on 6 Mile Road. There is extensive flooding to lowland and agricultural land in the Town of Raymond. |
| October 2018 | Flood | Kneeland | - | The Root River Canal at Raymond reached minor flood stage, cresting at 10.28 feet the early morning of October 2nd. Floodwaters cover a baseball diamond on 6 Mile Road. There is extensive flooding to lowland and agricultural land in the Town of Raymond. |
| October 2018 | Flood | Kneeland | - | The Root River Canal at Raymond reached minor flood stage, cresting at 9.89 feet the late afternoon of October 6th. Floodwaters cover a baseball diamond on 6 Mile Road. There is extensive flooding to lowland and agricultural land in the Town of Raymond. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raymond | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Kilbournville | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Union Church | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Thompsonville | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Caledonia | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| North Cape | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Yorkville | 5.9 miles | 18 | |
| Husher | 6.1 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 Kneeland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6421899 | 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 1567568. 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.
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.








