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Carnot, Wisconsin

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Forestville town. It lies in ZIP code area 54213. The Survey maps it on the Forestville quadrangle.

Carnot within Door County

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

4 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Carnot between 2018 and 2020, burning about 4 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Arson/incendiarism2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Debris and open burning1

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
6 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources87
25 June 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources101
30 May 2019Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources85
17 May 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources78

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Door County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Carnot: 9 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
Door Quarry SouthStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
B Wilke Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Blahnik Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
E Kroening Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
F Shestock Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gunnlaugsson Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
H Jacobs Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
O Born Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
R Graf Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
S Blahnik Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Door County

Storms near this place

1 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carnot in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 flash flood. 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
June 2024Flash FloodCarnot$20,000County 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.

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
Vignes2.6 miles8
Forestville3.4 miles8
Salona4.3 miles8
Maplewood4.3 miles8
Kolberg7.0 miles8
Sturgeon Bay9.2 miles7
Stevens Hill9.7 miles8
Misere (historical)9.7 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1562724. 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.