BlockKnellsville, Wisconsin
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Port Washington town. It lies in ZIP code area 53074. The Survey maps it on the Port Washington East quadrangle. It stands 735 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1892 USGS Port Washington quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Port Washington quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Port Washington East quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Port Washington quadrangle1:62500
- 1980 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Knellsville between 1995 and 2019, burning about 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 71 |
| 21 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1041 |
| 18 November 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1201 |
| 15 November 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018086 |
| 12 November 1995 | Debris and open burning | 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
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Knellsville: 1 unknown. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
3 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Knellsville in 3 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 1 waterspout, 1 heavy rain, 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 2015 | Heavy Rain | Knellsville | $35,000 | A 100 yard stretch of southbound I-43 became flooded resulting in two vehicles mostly submerged in standing water. The flooding was under the overpass and a clogged drain significantly contributed to the flooding. Approximately 2-3 inches of rain had fallen during the overnight period. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knellsville | $3,000 | Trees down on power lines with loss of power. |
| July 1996 | Waterspout | Knellsville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Druecker | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Port Washington | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Decker | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Holy Cross | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Saukville | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Fredonia | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Belgium | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Lake Church | 6.5 miles | 13 |
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 Knellsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6421944 | 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 1567569. 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.