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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.

East End within Douglas County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

34 since 1992

Regional 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 use12
Debris and open burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 September 2003Railroad operations and maintenance3.6 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use1.6 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 July 2017Fireworksunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 July 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 June 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 June 1994Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
(Facility) Superior Refinery--Murphy Oil CoSulfurPlant
Smith QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Superior Grinding PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Superior Lime PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Albany Crushing PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Albany Crushing Plant PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Mailing PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mclean DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Douglas County

Storms near this place

11 since 2011

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024Thunderstorm WindEast End-Thunderstorm winds blew over a 40 pound deck chair with a steel base and downed branches around 1.5 inches in diameter.
June 2018FloodEast 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 2016Thunderstorm WindEast End-A large tree was blown down in the East End of Superior.
June 2014HailEast End-The hail fell at the courthouse.
August 2014HailEast End-The hail was measured in the east end business district of Superior.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindEast End-A large tree limb fell onto a garage.
May 2012HailEast End-The hail fell at Billings Park.
August 2011FloodEast 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 2011HailEast End-Hail was reported at 39th and US Highway 2.
August 2011HailEast End-no account filed
July 2011HailEast End-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Douglas 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
Central Park0.7 miles16
Allouez2.3 miles16
Park Place Homes2.4 miles16
Superior2.5 miles16
South Superior3.3 miles16
Billings Park3.5 miles16
Itasca3.7 miles16
Superior Village4.3 miles16

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.