48 topographic sheets cover 32 settlements here, and 68 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.
68 National Register listings published here, 2 of them National Historic Landmarks · the county-history sources name 1 person · people the book names include Charles Scofield (Sturgeon Bay City, 1917) (machine-read).
Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the National Register database, National Park Service
Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.
Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 75 of them, burning about 146 acres. None started naturally and 4 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The five largest, by the area the report gives. One of them was set deliberately.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 June 1998 | Debris and open burning | 88 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 April 2020 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 18 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20684 |
| 15 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20762 |
| 30 May 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 85 |
| 30 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19 |
| 15 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 132 |
| 6 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 87 |
| 18 October 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 57 |
Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.
The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 252 reports for this county, causing no deaths, 11 injuries and about $9,664,200 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.
| Kind of event | Reports |
|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 138 |
| Hail | 82 |
| Tornado | 10 |
| Lightning | 7 |
| Waterspout | 6 |
| Funnel Cloud | 4 |
| Heavy Rain | 3 |
| Flash Flood | 2 |
The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sturgeon Bay | 3 hurt, $150,000 | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Tornado (F3) | Egg Harbor | 2 hurt, $4,740,000 | no account filed |
| April 1970 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | 2 hurt, $250,000 | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Lightning | Sturgeon Bay | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fish Creek | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sturgeon Bay | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| July 1992 | Thunderstorm Wind | not stated | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| June 1985 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Lightning | Fish Creek | $433,700 | Lightning struck a home in Fish Creek around 2:30 pm CST. Every fire department in Door County, except Washington Island, helped fight the fire but the house and attached three-stall garage were a total loss. Three vintage automobiles were also destroyed by the fire. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ephraim | $431,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed and uprooted multiple trees in Ephraim. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. The thunderstorms produced $431,938 worth of damage and debris clean up across central and northern parts of Door County. |
| April 1970 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| July 1956 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| March 2016 | Lightning | Strgn Bay Door Co Ar | $150,000 | Lightning is believed to be the cause of a fire that caused substantial damage to a home near Sturgeon Bay. The damage total is an estimate. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Egg Harbor | $150,000 | Thunderstorm winds uprooted and snapped an area of trees a couple of miles either side of a west-east line from Frank E. Murphy Park to Jacksonport. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sturgeon Bay | $150,000 | no account filed |
| September 2014 | Flash Flood | Ephraim | $75,000 | Heavy rainfall flooded basements, resorts, and campgrounds, and damaged roads in the Sister Bay, Fish Creek, and Baileys Harbor areas. In excess of 6 inches of rain in Baileys Harbor caused nearly every home there to sustain a backup from the sewage disposal plant. Flood waters damaged documents at the Ephraim Historical Society. The flooding also washed out shoulders of several roads in the area. |
| September 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sturgeon Bay | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 1973 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Carnot | $20,000 | County U and Shiloh Road washed out and closed due to flash flooding with 3 to 4 inches of rain falling between 2 AM and 5:15 AM CDT. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Egg Harbor | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds to 70 mph downed trees and knocked out power in the Egg Harbor area. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| July 2011 | Lightning | Sturgeon Bay | $10,000 | Lightning struck a tree, followed the copper in the underground gas propane line to a house, and ignited the wooden support holding up a pipe in the basement. |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valmy | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellison Bay | $6,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees and power lines near Ellison Bay. |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Egg Harbor | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sturgeon Bay | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brussels | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 1966 | Tornado (F0) | not stated | $2,500 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gills Rock | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sturgeon Bay | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sturgeon Bay | $2,000 | no account filed |
| October 1997 | Lightning | Sister Bay | $1,000 | Lightning struck a business in Sister Bay, igniting a small fire. The strike also broke a water line, which may have put the fire out. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sister Bay | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maplewood | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Maplewood. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Egg Harbor | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Egg Harbor. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baileys Harbor | - | Thunderstorm winds produced widespread tree damage across Cana Island. This tree damage temporarily stranded campers on the island as the roads were inaccessible due to trees blocking the roads. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rowleys Bay | - | Thunderstorm winds produced widespread tree damage in Newport State Park. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Egg Harbor | - | Thunderstorms produced a wind gust to 82 mph. |
| August 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Ephraim | - | A tornado briefly touched down near Ephraim in Peninsula State Park at 3:54 PM CDT. The most significant damage was an uprooted tree with the NWS on the low end of the damage scale due to saturated ground. The tornado crossed into Eagle Harbor as a waterspout at 3:55 pm CDT. Total path length is estimated to be 0.25 miles long, with a width of 32 yards. Peak wind estimated to be around 73 mph. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Egg Harbor | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines on highway 42 from Egg Harbor to Fish Creek, making the road impassable. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ephraim | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines on highway 42 from Fish Creek to Ephraim, making the road impassable. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jacksonport | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Jacksonport. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fish Creek | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Fish Creek. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Egg Harbor | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Egg Harbor. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Detroit Harbor | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines on Washington Island. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Detroit Harbor | - | A tornado formed at 10:32 pm CDT on the southern part of Washington Island in northern Door County and continued northeast before dissipating at 10:34 pm CDT in the central part of Washington Island. Total path length is estimated to be 2.28 miles long, with a width of 50 yards. Peak wind estimated to be around 90 mph. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Sturgeon Bay | - | Penny size hail fell in Sturgeon Bay. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Carlsville | - | Nickel size hail fell in Carlsville. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Sturgeon Bay | - | Half dollar size hail fell near Sturgeon Bay. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Sturgeon Bay | - | Penny size hail fell near Sturgeon Bay. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Door Co Arpt | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines near Little Sturgeon. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Door Co Arpt | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines near Sturgeon Bay. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sister Bay | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Sister Bay. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Sister Bay | - | Penny size hail fell in Sister Bay. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sturgeon Bay | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees just north of Sturgeon Bay. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Baileys Harbor | - | Nickel size hail fell in Baileys Harbor. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Baileys Harbor | - | Penny size hail fell northeast of Baileys Harbor. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sturgeon Bay | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines near Sturgeon Bay. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Institute | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines near Sturgeon Bay. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jacksonport | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines around and north of Jacksonport. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fish Creek | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Peninsula State Park. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
The Survey's mineral resources record lists 37 workings inside this county. 17 still produce and 20 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.
| Commodity | Workings |
|---|---|
| Sand and Gravel, Construction | 20 |
| Stone, Crushed/Broken | 14 |
| Limestone, Dimension | 2 |
| Stone | 1 |
| Manganese, Ferromanganese | 1 |
The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eliason Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Green Bay Manganese Nodules | Manganese, Ferromanganese | Unknown | ||
| Adamski Fisher Limestone Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Macco Creek Dolomite Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Crossroads Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Door County Quarries | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Door Quarry South | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Elliason Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Jarman Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Jutting Point Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Kiehnau Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lautenbach Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Little Hill Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Njord Heim Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Old Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Reiner Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| The Reef Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Walker Road Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Becker Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bissen Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Charles Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Door County Highway Dept. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Door Pit North | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Door Pit South | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hagen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Josephs Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mohr Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Parent Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Peterson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pit No 7 - Brussels | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Serrahn Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Simons Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Trodahl Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Walter Fischer Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Washington Island Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Worefl Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
History of Door County, Wisconsin, Together with Biographies of Nearly Seven Hundred Families, and Mention of 4,000 Persons .. devotes a chapter to each township: its boundaries and streams, who settled it and when, the mills, the schools and the churches. All 9 are reproduced here in full. Each row shows the township's own shape and where it lies in the county, drawn from the Census Bureau's boundary. Which settlements belong to which township is computed from that same boundary, not taken from the book.
| Shape and position in the county | Township | Settlements in it | Length | Sections |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baileys Harbor Town | Baileys Harbor | 5,512 words | 3 | |
| Egg Harbor Town | Carlsville | 5,021 words | 0 | |
| Ephraim Village | Ephraim | 8,722 words | 1 | |
| Gibraltar Town | Fish Creek | 4,644 words | 0 | |
| Jacksonport Town | Jacksonport | 2,733 words | 0 | |
| Liberty Grove Town | Ellison Bay, Gills Rock, North Bay, Northport, Rowleys Bay, Sister Bay | 4,444 words | 3 | |
| Nasewaupee Town | Idlewild | 24 words | 1 | |
| Sevastopol Town | Institute, Valmy, Whitefish Bay | 3,874 words | 2 | |
| Sturgeon Bay City | Stevens Hill, Sturgeon Bay | 8,908 words | 6 |
2 books written about this county, cut here where the book itself is cut, at its printed chapters: 42 chapters in all. Every chapter is public domain, machine-read from the scan and reproduced complete. A chapter already given under one of the county's towns is not repeated in this list.
| Chapter | Length |
|---|---|
| The whole text | 45,684 words in 3 parts |
Everyone History of Door County, Wisconsin, Together with Biographies of Nearly Seven Hundred Families, and Mention of 4,000 Persons .. stops to write about, with the section that describes them. Among them are the men who founded the place and governed the Territory. Each name opens the passage itself, in the words of 1881.
Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.
Washington town · 54246 · Near Big Susie Island · Washington Island SW quadrangle
10 sheets, 1954 to 1984
Ephraim village · 54211 · On Hidden Springs Creek · Ephraim quadrangle
8 sheets, 1954 to 1982
Liberty Grove town · 54210 · By Table Bluff · Ellison Bay quadrangle
8 sheets, 1954 to 1982
Jacksonport town · 54235 · On Hibbard Creek · Jacksonport quadrangle
7 sheets, 1954 to 1984
Gardner town · 54235 · Near Keyes Island · Little Sturgeon quadrangle
7 sheets, 1954 to 1984
Brussels town · 54213 · By Niagara Escarpment · Brussels quadrangle
8 sheets, 1952 to 1984
No longer a settlement
Liberty Grove town · 54202 · On Three Springs Creek · Sister Bay quadrangle
8 sheets, 1954 to 1982
Liberty Grove town · 54210 · On Mink River · Sister Bay quadrangle
8 sheets, 1954 to 1982
Sevastopol town · 54235 · On Whitefish Bay Creek · Jacksonport quadrangle
7 sheets, 1954 to 1984
The vanished settlements of Door County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.
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