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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.

De Pere within Brown County

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

Every listing in Brown County

Population over time

2 figures

De 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.

YearPeople Change
201023,800
202025,410+1,610 (+7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

22 since 2018

Regional 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/undetermined16
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources201556
8 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources389
24 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2008903
7 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources181179
5 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources181401
28 June 2020Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources201324
28 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1835524
20 June 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources191434

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Brown County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Butnick Quarry #4StoneUnknown
De Pere PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Decleen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Boulanger MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Boulanger QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ira Nickel Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Leo Scray MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Leo Scray QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Skalecki Dolomite DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Brown County

Storms near this place

20 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2025LightningDe Pere$40,000Lightning 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 2005Thunderstorm WindDe Pere$30,000no account filed
June 2017Thunderstorm WindDe Pere$10,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees that caused damage to several homes on the south side of De Pere.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindDe Pere$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed large tree branches. One of the branches crushed the roof of a car.
September 2005Tornado (F0)De Pere$5,000no account filed
August 2015Thunderstorm WindDe Pere$3,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees in De Pere.
May 2023HailDe Pere-Nickel size hail fell in De Pere.
September 2023HailDe Pere-Quarter size hail fell near De Pere.
April 2022HailDe Pere-Quarter size hail fell in De Pere.
April 2022HailDe Pere-Penny size hail fell near De Pere.
April 2022HailDe Pere-Quarter size hail fell near De Pere.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindDe Pere-Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees across southern Brown County, including the De Pere area.
June 2012HailDe Pere-Thunderstorms produced dime to nickel size hail near De Pere.
June 2006HailDe Pere-no account filed
September 2006Thunderstorm WindDe Pere-no account filed
July 2003Flash FloodDe Pere-no account filed
May 2002HailDe Pere-no account filed
September 2001Thunderstorm WindDe Pere-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindDe Pere-no account filed
June 1998LightningDe Pere-no account filed

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
West De Pere0.8 miles10
Ashwaubenon2.4 miles10
Allouez3.1 miles10
Green Bay5.3 miles9
Kolb5.5 miles10
Preble5.9 miles10
Hobart5.9 miles8
Little Rapids5.9 miles8

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 PereAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1569619The 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.