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Cormier, Wisconsin

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Howard Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54313. It stands on Beaver Dam Creek. The Survey maps it on the Green Bay West quadrangle.

Cormier within Brown County

On record in Cormier

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

29 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Cormier between 2006 and 2020, burning about 46 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/undetermined20
Debris and open burning3
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources449
23 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2009982
23 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1837711
8 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources770
4 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources752
25 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2007745
1 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources738
8 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources81281

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Brown County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Cormier: 2 unknowns, 2 producers, 2 plants. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Bentonite, 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
Daanen and Janssen Howard QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Green Bay Lime KilnCalciumPlant
Hurlbut Calcium & Chemical CompanyLimestone, General, BentonitePlant
Kraszewski PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gibson QuarryStoneUnknown
Own CrewsStoneUnknown

Every working recorded in Brown County

Storms near this place

22 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cormier in 22 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 11 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 1 death. 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 2025Thunderstorm WindCormier1 killedThunderstorm winds downed a tree onto a 9-year-old child on the west side of Green Bay. The person was taken to the hospital and passed away from the injuries. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindCormier$50,000Thunderstorm winds, estimated at 80 mph, took down several trees, numerous large limbs and blew off pieces of siding and shingles of several houses on the west side of Green Bay.
July 2012HailCormier$25,000Hail reached the size of tennis balls west of Green Bay in the village of Howard. Several homes and cars sustained minor damage from the large hail.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindCormier$7,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines on the west side of Green Bay.
March 2026HailCormier-Quarter size hail fell near Howard. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
April 2026Flash FloodCormier-Rainfall amounts of a little over an inch in a little over an hour caused closed roadways due to flash flooding in the city of Green Bay.
July 2025Flash FloodCormier-Rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 inches in a short time caused flash flooding on the west side of Green Bay. Several streets closed with several vehicles stalled out and stranded. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindCormier-Thunderstorms produced a wind gust to 68 mph near Howard.
April 2023HailCormier-Penny size hail fell in Howard.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindCormier-Thunderstorm winds downed several trees on the northwest side of Green Bay. A few roads were impassible due to the fallen trees. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindCormier-Thunderstorms produced a wind gust to 75 mph in Howard.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindCormier-Thunderstorm winds downed trees, power poles, and power lines in the Howard-Suamico area. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindCormier-Thunderstorm winds downed a 12 to 18 inch diameter tree on a fence in Howard.
August 2021Flash FloodCormier-Thunderstorms dumped around 2 inches of rain over Green Bay during the evening hours. This caused several roads to be closed due to flash flooding.
May 2020FloodCormier-The combination of record high lake levels on the Bay of Green Bay, 3 to 5 inches of rainfall, and strong northeast winds backed up the waters on the Fox and East Rivers in Green Bay as well as Duck Creek in the village of Howard. Several streets were closed due to flooding along the Fox and East River in Green Bay as well as Duck Creek in the village of Howard.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindCormier-Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees and power lines in Howard.
June 2012HailCormier-A thunderstorm produced penny size hail in Hobart.
July 2012HailCormier-Quarter size hail fell west of Green Bay, near Howard.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindCormier-Thunderstorm winds downed a power pole at the intersection of Mason Street and Packerland Drive in Green Bay.
May 2011HailCormier-Ping pong ball size hail fell in the Village of Howard.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindCormier-Thunderstorm winds knocked a large tree onto a house on the west side of Green Bay and downed numerous trees and tree limbs near Preble Park.
March 2008Heavy RainCormier-Heavy rain fell across most of Brown County. The highest precipitation totals were 1.70 inches near Suamico and 1.31 inches at Mill Center.

Every storm recorded in Brown 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
Duck Creek0.5 miles9
Elm Tree Corners1.2 miles9
Howard1.4 miles9
Green Bay4.3 miles9
Mill Center4.7 miles7
Suamico5.2 miles6
Tremble5.2 miles6
Ashwaubenon5.6 miles10

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.

Wikidata item Q122541310The 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 1563401. 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.