Brighton Beach, Wisconsin

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.

• 1911 USGS Neenah quadrangle1:62500
• 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1955 USGS Neenah quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
• 1955 USGS Neenah quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
• 1984 USGS Appleton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
• 1992 USGS Neenah quadrangle1:24000

History of Winnebago County, Wisconsin, and Early History of the Northwest, published 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Brighton Beach between 2018 and 2020, burning about 10 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Waverly Beach
• Fox Crossing
• Menasha
• Adella Beach
• Neenah
• Rainbow Beach

Every fire recorded in Winnebago County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Brighton Beach: 3 unknowns, 2 producers, 2 past producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Perlite, 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.

Every working recorded in Winnebago County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1562206. 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.