Krok, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in West Kewaunee town. It lies in ZIP code area 54216. It stands on Krok Creek. The Survey maps it on the Stangelville quadrangle. It stands 728 feet above sea level.
On record in Krok
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Pilgrim Family Farmsteadlisted 1979 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Kewaunee quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Manitowoc quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Manitowoc quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Stangelville quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Manitowoc quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Krok between 2018 and 2020, burning about 6 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 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 27 |
| 13 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 115418 |
| 8 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 15 |
| 29 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 14 |
| 17 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | F200044 |
| 5 November 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2000164 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 25 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Krok: 12 occurrences, 12 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boulanger Construction Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cherneyville Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| D Cherney Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Delleman Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Duescher Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| E Brusky Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| E Seidl Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| East Krok Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| East Krok Gravel Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| J Hrabik Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Krok in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2022: 1 hail, 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Krok | 1.6 miles | 8 | |
| Ellisville | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Stangelville | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Birchwood | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Norman | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Pilsen | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Cherneyville | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Ryans Corner | 6.0 miles | 8 |
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 Krok | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6438794 | 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 1577686. 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.




