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Kohler, Wisconsin

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Fredonia town. It lies in ZIP code area 53021. The Survey maps it on the Newburg quadrangle. It stands 866 feet above sea level.

Kohler within Ozaukee County

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 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Kohler between 2002 and 2020, burning about 22 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 burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
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
17 July 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 June 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19017
6 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18017
26 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20038
1 May 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources110
8 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18005
29 April 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources755
26 April 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources753

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ozaukee County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Kohler: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. 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
Clump PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hamm PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hartman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hartmann PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ozaukee 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
Waubeka2.3 miles12
Fredonia4.2 miles12
Holy Cross7.0 miles12
Decker8.7 miles13
Druecker9.0 miles13
Saukville9.1 miles12
Belgium9.2 miles13
Knellsville9.9 miles13

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 KohlerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6650600The 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 1567600. 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.