De Pere, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in De Pere City. It lies in ZIP code area 54115. It stands on Ashwaubenon Creek. The Survey maps it on the De Pere quadrangle. 25,410 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 600 feet above sea level.
On record in De Pere
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 12 of 22 shown
John Baeten Storelisted 2014
De Pere Lock and Dam Historic Districtlisted 1993
De Pere Public Librarylisted 2002
Otto and Hilda Gretzinger Houselisted 2011
Edwin and Jennie Gutknecht Houselisted 2015
Henry and Mary Heyrman Houselisted 2015
Julius Krause Store Buildinglisted 2014
C. A. Lawton Companylisted 1992
Little Kaukauna Lock and Dam Historic Districtlisted 1993
Main Halllisted 1988
Nicolet High Schoollisted 2015
North Broadway Street Historic Districtlisted 1983
Population over time
2 figuresDe Pere grew from 23,800 to 25,410 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 | 23,800 | |
| 2020 | 25,410 | +1,610 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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 De Pere quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS De Pere quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS De Pere quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Appleton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS De Pere quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
22 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of De Pere between 2018 and 2020, burning about 8 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 201556 |
| 8 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 389 |
| 24 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2008903 |
| 7 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 181179 |
| 5 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 181401 |
| 28 June 2020 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 201324 |
| 28 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1835524 |
| 20 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 191434 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of De Pere: 4 past producers, 4 producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butnick Quarry #4 | Stone | Unknown | ||
| De Pere Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Decleen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Boulanger Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Boulanger Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Ira Nickel Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Leo Scray Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Leo Scray Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Skalecki Dolomite Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
20 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names De Pere in 20 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 2 lightning, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Lightning | De Pere | $40,000 | Lightning struck an apartment building in De Pere causing electrical damage and a hole in the roof where the lightning hit the building. The lightning produced around $40,000 in damage and displaced 24 residents. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | De Pere | $30,000 | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | De Pere | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees that caused damage to several homes on the south side of De Pere. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | De Pere | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed large tree branches. One of the branches crushed the roof of a car. |
| September 2005 | Tornado (F0) | De Pere | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | De Pere | $3,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in De Pere. |
| May 2023 | Hail | De Pere | - | Nickel size hail fell in De Pere. |
| September 2023 | Hail | De Pere | - | Quarter size hail fell near De Pere. |
| April 2022 | Hail | De Pere | - | Quarter size hail fell in De Pere. |
| April 2022 | Hail | De Pere | - | Penny size hail fell near De Pere. |
| April 2022 | Hail | De Pere | - | Quarter size hail fell near De Pere. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | De Pere | - | Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees across southern Brown County, including the De Pere area. |
| June 2012 | Hail | De Pere | - | Thunderstorms produced dime to nickel size hail near De Pere. |
| June 2006 | Hail | De Pere | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | De Pere | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Flash Flood | De Pere | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | De Pere | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | De Pere | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | De Pere | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Lightning | De Pere | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West De Pere | 0.8 miles | 10 | |
| Ashwaubenon | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Allouez | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Green Bay | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Kolb | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Preble | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Hobart | 5.9 miles | 8 | |
| Little Rapids | 5.9 miles | 8 |
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 De Pere | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1569619 | 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 1563754. 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.





