Brillion, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Brillion City. It lies in ZIP code area 54110. It stands on Black Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brillion quadrangle. 3,262 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 830 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBrillion grew from 3,148 to 3,262 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,148 | |
| 2020 | 3,262 | +114 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Chilton quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Brillion quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Appleton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Brillion quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Brillion between 1995 and 2020, burning about 5 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/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 May 2018 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 32 |
| 24 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 17 |
| 21 April 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 99421 |
| 18 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 28 |
| 30 November 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 52 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Brillion: 7 producers, 3 past producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brillion Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Soyburn Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Brillion Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Brillion Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Geiger Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Grimm Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Haese Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| O Connell Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Whittman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Winkler Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brillion in 16 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 9 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Hail | Brillion | - | Quarter size hail fell in Brillion. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brillion | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Brillion. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brillion | - | Thunderstorm winds downed power lines east of Brillion. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brillion | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked out power to the south side of Brillion. |
| June 2012 | Heavy Rain | Brillion | - | Thunderstorms produced an inch of rain, along with pea size hail, during a 15 minute period. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brillion | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph downed power lines in Brillion. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brillion | - | Thunderstorm winds caused power outages in Brillion. |
| October 2006 | Hail | Brillion | - | Extremely heavy rain accompanied the hail. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Brillion | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brillion | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brillion | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Brillion | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Brillion | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Brillion | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brillion | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brillion | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potter | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Forest Junction | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Hilbert Junction | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Hilbert | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Saint John | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Dundas | 8.1 miles | 9 | |
| Brant | 10.3 miles | 9 | |
| Sherwood | 10.4 miles | 11 |
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 Brillion | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q917222 | 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 1562211. 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.




