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Brussels, Wisconsin

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Brussels town. It lies in ZIP code area 54204. The Survey maps it on the Brussels quadrangle.

Brussels within Door County

On record in Brussels

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 5 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 printed sheets

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.

Fires near this place

10 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Brussels between 2018 and 2020, burning about 3 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
Debris and open burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources43
7 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources39
18 June 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources33
8 May 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources26
2 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources21
5 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19
5 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources17
15 April 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources23

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Door County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Brussels: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Crossroads Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Reiner QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Charles Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pit No 7 - BrusselsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Simons PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Door County

Storms near this place

11 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brussels in 11 storm reports between 1993 and 2021: 7 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1996Thunderstorm WindBrussels$3,000no account filed
August 2021Thunderstorm WindBrussels-Thunderstorm winds downed trees in the town of Gardner. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindBrussels-Thunderstorm winds downed trees near Brussels. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindBrussels-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Brussels. The time of this report was estimated based on radar data.
July 2007HailBrussels-A thunderstorm that dropped nickel size hail also produced strong straight-line winds and knocked out power to a campground near Brussels.
April 2003HailBrussels-no account filed
May 2002HailBrussels-no account filed
July 2000HailBrussels-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindBrussels-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindBrussels-no account filed
August 1993Thunderstorm WindBrussels-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Door County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Namur2.6 miles9
Misere (historical)2.8 miles8
Kolberg4.0 miles8
Rosiere4.2 miles8
Shoemaker Point5.4 miles9
Maplewood7.5 miles8
Little Sturgeon7.7 miles7
Forestville8.2 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1562313. 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.