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Duck Creek, 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 54303. It stands on Beaver Dam Creek. The Survey maps it on the Green Bay West quadrangle.

Duck Creek within Brown County

On record in Duck Creek

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 Duck Creek 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
24 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2008903
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

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 Duck Creek: 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

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
Cormier0.5 miles9
Elm Tree Corners1.6 miles9
Howard1.6 miles9
Green Bay3.9 miles9
Suamico5.1 miles6
Mill Center5.2 miles7
Tremble5.3 miles6
Ashwaubenon5.5 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1564141. 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.