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Kohlsville, Wisconsin

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Wayne town. It lies in ZIP code area 53090. It stands on Wayne Creek. The Survey maps it on the Allenton quadrangle.

Kohlsville within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

20 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Kohlsville between 2017 and 2020, burning about 61 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/undetermined15
Debris and open burning3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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
29 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1901093
18 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1801057
18 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1801058
17 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1801055
7 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources92
3 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2001034
29 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1801047
28 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources102

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Kohlsville: 1 producer. All of them 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
West Bend Sand & Stone Schelle PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

8 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kohlsville in 8 storm reports between 2006 and 2022: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2022LightningKohlsville$175,000A residential home was struck by lightning causing a fire in the attic. 7 fire departments responded and contained the fire mostly to the attic.
March 2016LightningKohlsville$100,000Lightning struck a home causing a significant fire. The Sheriff's office said the house suffered significant roof, smoke, and water damage. An adult, a child, and a dog escaped unharmed.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindKohlsville$10,000Multiple reports of downed trees of 1 to 2 feet in diameter and tree limbs of 6 to 12 inches in diameter. Power lines were also reported to have been snapped, with lines downed at the intersection of County Road H and Highland Drive.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindKohlsville$5,000One large tree uprooted and a few large trees snapped. Minor siding damage.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindKohlsville-Powerful thunderstorm wind gusts to around 52 knots (60 mph) toppled several large trees.
August 2015HailKohlsville-no account filed
April 2008HailKohlsville-no account filed
October 2006HailKohlsville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Saint Anthony2.2 miles14
Wayne3.0 miles9
Aurora3.2 miles14
Allenton3.6 miles14
Nenno4.1 miles15
Addison4.3 miles14
Nabob4.4 miles14
Kewaskum6.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1567604. 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.