Paris, Wisconsin
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Paris town. It lies in ZIP code area 53182. The Survey maps it on the Union Grove quadrangle. It stands 755 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1893 USGS Silver Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1906 USGS Silver Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Silver Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Union Grove quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Lake Geneva 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 Paris between 2018 and 2020, burning about 22 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/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 218407 |
| 3 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 218317 |
| 14 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 393 |
| 10 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 293 |
| 5 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 27 |
| 30 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1800402 |
| 14 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 28 |
| 11 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 25 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Paris in 8 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Paris | $10,000 | A weak tornado spun up in north-central Kenosha County, about 3.5 miles northeast of Paris. It pushed over an old shed, a TV antenna, and uprooted several trees on a property located on the south side of County Hwy KR. Based on damage, wind speeds were probably in the 70 to 78 knot range (80 to 90 mh). This tornado exited Kenosha County about 3.7 miles northeast of Paris, or .8 miles east of the intersection of KR and D, and entered Racine County about 2.8 miles east-southeast of Union Grove. It proceeded northeast toward the intersection of Interstate 94 and Highway 11, and eventually dissipated 1.8 miles northwest of Sturtevant. Synoptically, a 500 mb circulation center moved northeast through southeast Wisconsin at the time of the tornado. Scattered thunderstorms associated with the low moved northeast at about 30 mph. Maximum air temperatures during the afternoon were in the lower 80s with surface dewpoints in the mid to upper 60s. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paris | $4,000 | Trees and power lines down including a 40 foot tree on a road. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paris | $2,000 | Two power poles down in Paris. |
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | Paris | $1,000 | Highway 45 was flooded and closed. A man was rescued from the top of his vehicle with the water up to the windows. |
| April 2020 | Heavy Rain | Paris | $500 | High water around 1.5-2.0 feet deep at the intersection of 38th St. and highway D. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paris | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Paris | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Paris | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Klondike | 4.7 miles | 19 | |
| Paddock Lake | 4.8 miles | 19 | |
| Bristol | 5.2 miles | 19 | |
| Salem Oaks | 5.6 miles | 19 | |
| Woodworth | 5.9 miles | 19 | |
| Salem | 6.3 miles | 19 | |
| Somers | 7.5 miles | 16 |
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 Paris | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7137193 | 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 1571034. 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.








