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Deerbrook, Wisconsin

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Neva town. It lies in ZIP code area 54424. The Survey maps it on the Antigo quadrangle. It stands 1,529 feet above sea level.

Deerbrook within Langlade County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

65 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Deerbrook between 1992 and 2019, burning about 57 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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
Debris and open burning18
Equipment and vehicle use16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Arson/incendiarism9
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1
Natural1

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
18 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 August 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesIN THE DITCH
27 August 1993Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 August 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesCHURCH RD FIRE
21 August 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 August 2005Debris and open burning1.9 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Langlade County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Deerbrook: 13 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Angle Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Black Oak Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bluebell Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Chillie Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Deerbrook Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Duffek Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fosterling Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Langlade County Highway Dept.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Langlade County PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Neva Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Langlade County

Storms near this place

10 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Deerbrook in 10 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flood, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 injury. 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
April 2011Thunderstorm WindDeerbrook1 hurt, $5,000Two houses sustained minor damage from straight line winds associated with a thunderstorm that, about 10 minutes later, produced a tornado near Parrish. An occupant of one of the houses sustained minor injuries from flying glass.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindDeerbrook$1,000Thunderstorm winds downed a tree and tore the steel roof from an out building.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindDeerbrook-Thunderstorm winds downed trees in the township of Vilas. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
July 2013Funnel CloudDeerbrook-A thunderstorm produced a funnel cloud that was spotted west of Deerbrook.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindDeerbrook-no account filed
June 2004HailDeerbrook-no account filed
July 2000FloodDeerbrook-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindDeerbrook-no account filed
June 1997HailDeerbrook-no account filed
September 1995Thunderstorm WindDeerbrook-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Langlade 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
Neva Corners1.1 miles9
Neva2.3 miles8
Kempster3.9 miles10
Ormsby5.4 miles11
Antigo6.4 miles9
Koepenick7.1 miles10
Bryant7.2 miles8
Sherry Junction8.9 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 DeerbrookAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5250871The 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 1563862. 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.