East End, Wisconsin
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Superior City. It lies in ZIP code area 54880. It lies near Barkers Island. The Survey maps it on the Superior quadrangle.
On record in East End
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 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Northern Blocklisted 1985 · 0.6 miles away
Martin Pattison Houselisted 1981 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1915 USGS Superior quadrangle1:48000
- 1915 USGS Superior quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Superior quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Superior quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Superior quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
34 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of East End between 1992 and 2020, burning about 212 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 September 2003 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.6 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.6 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2017 | Fireworks | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 July 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 June 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of East End: 4 plants, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Superior Refinery--Murphy Oil Co | Sulfur | Plant | ||
| Smith Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Superior Grinding Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Superior Lime Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Albany Crushing Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Albany Crushing Plant Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Mailing Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mclean Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
11 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East End in 11 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | East End | - | Thunderstorm winds blew over a 40 pound deck chair with a steel base and downed branches around 1.5 inches in diameter. |
| June 2018 | Flood | East End | - | The Namadji River experienced record flooding, reaching a crest of 29.5 feet at the SOSW3 gauge on the south side of Superior. The previous record crest was 27.4 feet. This led to numerous road closures in Superior due to flooding with the most significant road closed being US Highway 2 between 31st Ave East and 37th Ave East where the road crosses the river shortly before it empties into Allouez Bay. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | East End | - | A large tree was blown down in the East End of Superior. |
| June 2014 | Hail | East End | - | The hail fell at the courthouse. |
| August 2014 | Hail | East End | - | The hail was measured in the east end business district of Superior. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | East End | - | A large tree limb fell onto a garage. |
| May 2012 | Hail | East End | - | The hail fell at Billings Park. |
| August 2011 | Flood | East End | - | Heavy rains on August 2nd resulted in major flooding of the Nemadji River and the tributary Black River. Many roads were washed out, including Wisconsin State Route 35. Specifically, the Nemadji River Gage, near Superior, reached the flood stage of 20 feet at 1230 PM CDT August 2nd, crested at 27.37 feet at 200 AM CDT August 3rd, and returned back below flood stage at 300 PM CDT August 4th. The crest was the highest ever reported for that gage. |
| July 2011 | Hail | East End | - | Hail was reported at 39th and US Highway 2. |
| August 2011 | Hail | East End | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | East End | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Park | 0.7 miles | 16 | |
| Allouez | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Park Place Homes | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Superior | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| South Superior | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Billings Park | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Itasca | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Superior Village | 4.3 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1564316. 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.







