Brookside, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Pensaukee town. It lies in ZIP code area 54101. It stands on Brookside Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pensaukee quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Manitowoc quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Oconto quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Manitowoc quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Pensaukee quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Sturgeon Bay quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
183 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 183 fires within 5 miles of Brookside between 1992 and 2020, burning about 202 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 64 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 51 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 Brookside: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montevideo Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Oconto County Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Snyder Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brookside in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2020: 4 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2015 | Hail | Brookside | $5,000 | Softball size hail fell near Abrams, causing isolated vehicle damage. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Brookside | - | Quarter size hail fell in Brookside. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Brookside | - | A thunderstorm dropped tennis ball size hail near Oak Orchard Road, as it passed north of Little Suamico. This report was received via social media, and the time of the event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Brookside | - | Quarter size hail fell near Stiles. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abrams | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Oak Orchard | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Pensaukee | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Stiles | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Stiles Junction | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Little Suamico | 6.0 miles | 6 | |
| Sobieski Corners | 6.5 miles | 6 | |
| Sobieski | 7.0 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1562245. 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.




