South Kenosha, Wisconsin
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Kenosha City. It lies in ZIP code area 53158. The Survey maps it on the Kenosha quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1892 USGS Racine quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1905 USGS Racine quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Kenosha quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Racine quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Racine quadrangle1:100000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Kenosha city. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Miscellaneous
The Hanging of John McCaffrey. - Capital punishment, as is known, is prohibited by statute in Wisconsin. In two cases only, has it been enforced, and one of these occurred in Kenosha County, when John McCaffrey suffered the extreme penalty of the law, for the murder of his wife. The crime was committed on the night of Monday, July 22, 1850.
In the county-history sources
31,974 words on this townshipThe 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 Kenosha City covers the township.
Read the chapter on Kenosha City - 31,974 words.
Fires near this place
18 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of South Kenosha between 2018 and 2020, burning about 15 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 | 11 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2018 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 8369 |
| 24 August 2020 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 7960 |
| 31 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 7106 |
| 25 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 6908 |
| 25 July 2020 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 6897 |
| 10 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1383 |
| 3 June 2018 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 5072 |
| 15 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1198 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of South Kenosha: 2 producers, 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Vermiculite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Koos Inc. Plant | Vermiculite | Plant | ||
| Kd Pit Yard 28 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ponderosa Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Kenosha in 3 storm reports in 2025: 3 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shorecrest Pointe | 0.7 miles | 16 | |
| Timber Ridge | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Tobin | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Carol Beach | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Kenosha | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| State Line | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Truesdell | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Westwood Estates | 4.2 miles | 14 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122542509 | 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 1574461. 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.






