Mosel, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Mosel town. It lies in ZIP code area 53083. The Survey maps it on the Sheboygan North quadrangle. It stands 643 feet above sea level.
On record in Mosel
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
- MONTGOMERY shipwreck (schooner)listed 2019
- SILVER LAKE (scow-schooner) Shipwrecklisted 2013
- WALTER B. ALLEN (canaller) Shipwrecklisted 2011
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 North quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Sheboygan North quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Sheboygan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
13 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Mosel between 2018 and 2020, burning about 3 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 3092 |
| 17 August 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2611 |
| 12 August 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 3283 |
| 4 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1310 |
| 1 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1713 |
| 29 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1371 |
| 23 April 2018 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1292 |
| 18 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1211 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mosel in 2 storm reports between 2024 and 2026: 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 2026 | Hail | Mosel | - | Picture of one inch hail provided. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Mosel | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erdman | 1.5 miles | 9 | |
| Haven | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Sheboygan | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Howards Grove | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Kohler | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Indian Meadows | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Sheboygan Falls | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Edwards | 7.4 miles | 9 |
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 Mosel | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6915587 | 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 1569766. 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.




