Freedom, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Freedom town. It lies in ZIP code area 54130. The Survey maps it on the Freedom quadrangle. It stands 751 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Appleton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Freedom quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Appleton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Freedom quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Freedom between 2018 and 2020, burning about 3 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 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 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 99 |
| 14 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2020055 |
| 31 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2020054 |
| 31 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 33 |
| 1 July 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 28 |
| 19 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2020042 |
| 15 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2020027 |
| 6 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2020020 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Freedom: 9 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Fissure | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1863 | |
| Bodde Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Duck Creek Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gonnering Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| R Evers Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Van Handel Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Brun-Van Hoof Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Dan Mueller Dolomite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Freedom Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| G Bruhn Dolomite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Freedom in 8 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freedom | $3,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Freedom. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freedom | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds wrapped a trampoline around a power pole in Freedom. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freedom | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Freedom. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| September 2021 | Hail | Freedom | - | Baseball size hail fell in Freedom. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freedom | - | Thunderstorm winds downed small to medium trees, large branches, and power lines in Freedom. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freedom | - | Thunderstorm winds downed large tree branches on Garvey Avenue in Freedom. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freedom | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freedom | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murphy Corner | 2.4 miles | 8 | |
| Five Corners | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Chicago Corners | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Apple Creek | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Mackville | 7.3 miles | 10 | |
| Little Chute | 7.5 miles | 9 | |
| Kaukauna | 7.5 miles | 9 | |
| Twelve Corners | 7.8 miles | 8 |
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 Freedom | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5500467 | The 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 1565290. 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.




