Kohler, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Kohler Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53044. It stands on Weedons Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sheboygan Falls quadrangle. 2,195 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 686 feet above sea level.
On record in Kohler
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 3 records
American Clublisted 1978
Kohler Company Factory Complexlisted 2001
Riverbendlisted 1980
Population over time
2 figuresKohler grew from 2,120 to 2,195 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,120 | |
| 2020 | 2,195 | +75 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1954 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Sheboygan Falls quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Sheboygan Falls quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Sheboygan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Kohler between 2018 and 2020, burning about 6 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 3762 |
| 12 August 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 3283 |
| 31 July 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2360 |
| 10 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1679 |
| 6 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1469 |
| 4 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1310 |
| 10 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1518 |
| 1 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1713 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kohler in 9 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2013 | Flood | Kohler | $15,000 | The Sheboygan near Sheboygan crested at 11.54 feet, 3.54 feet above flood stage, at 805 pm CDT on March 12th. |
| April 2013 | Flood | Kohler | $10,000 | The Sheboygan River in Sheboygan experienced moderate flooding, cresting at 10.23 feet, or 2.23 feet over the flood stage of 8 feet, at 925 PM CDT on April 11th. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kohler | $5,000 | Multiple reports of trees and large branches down as well as a power pole on fire. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Kohler | $5,000 | The Sheboygan River flooded low lying areas along the river due to several ice jams. The most impacted area was from just east of Kohler downstream to Kiwanis Park in Sheboygan. Portions of Indiana Ave. and New Jersey Ave., as well as other roads were closed due to flooding. At least one vehicle was submerged in the floodwaters on New Jersey Ave. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kohler | $2,000 | Several tree limbs down. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kohler | $2,000 | Large tree branches down. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kohler | $500 | A large american flag at 400 feet above ground was shredded by strong winds. A measured wind gust of 90 mph was recorded at the top of the flag pole. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Kohler | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Kohler | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheboygan Falls | 1.7 miles | 10 | |
| Indian Meadows | 2.6 miles | 9 | |
| Ourtown | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Sheboygan | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Erdman | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Mosel | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Gibbsville | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Kennedys Corners (historical) | 6.5 miles | 10 |
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 Kohler | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1675911 | 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 1567601. 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.




