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New Munster, Wisconsin

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Wheatland town. It lies in ZIP code area 53105. It stands on New Munster Creek. The Survey maps it on the Silver Lake quadrangle. 286 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 794 feet above sea level.

New Munster within Kenosha County

On record in New Munster

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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.

In the county-history sources

7,323 words on this township

The History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin .., published 1879 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Wheatland Town covers the township.

Read the chapter on Wheatland Town - 7,323 words.

Fires near this place

16 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of New Munster between 2010 and 2020, burning about 99 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/undetermined9
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1
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
5 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources164
1 August 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources191
1 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources62
30 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources667
19 May 2018Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources44
4 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2000370
30 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources857
2 April 2010Equipment and vehicle use80 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kenosha County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of New Munster: 3 past producers, 1 occurrence, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bassett Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Burlington PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Fischer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hillard PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Powers Lake Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Kenosha County

Storms near this place

6 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Munster in 6 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2026Thunderstorm WindNew Munster$6,000A total of six trees down across the county and one tree down on a powerline.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindNew Munster$1,000no account filed
March 2026HailNew Munster-no account filed
March 2016HailNew Munster-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindNew Munster-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindNew Munster-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Kenosha 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
Wheatland1.4 miles19
Bassett2.7 miles19
Fox River2.8 miles19
Twin Lakes3.5 miles19
Slades Corners3.5 miles18
Powers Lake4.0 miles18
Silver Lake4.0 miles19
Camp Lake5.4 miles19

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 New MunsterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q11043310The 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 1570228. 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.