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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.

Freedom within Outagamie County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

12 since 2018

Regional 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/undetermined7
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1
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
9 August 2018Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources99
14 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2020055
31 July 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2020054
31 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources33
1 July 2018Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources28
19 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2020042
15 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2020027
6 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2020020

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Outagamie County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Phoenix FissureCopper, SilverPast Producer1863
Bodde Road Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Duck Creek Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gonnering PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
R Evers Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Van Handel Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Brun-Van Hoof QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dan Mueller Dolomite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Freedom QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
G Bruhn Dolomite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Outagamie County

Storms near this place

8 since 2001

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2015Thunderstorm WindFreedom$3,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Freedom.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindFreedom$1,000Thunderstorm winds wrapped a trampoline around a power pole in Freedom.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindFreedom-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Freedom. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
September 2021HailFreedom-Baseball size hail fell in Freedom. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindFreedom-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 2019Thunderstorm WindFreedom-Thunderstorm winds downed large tree branches on Garvey Avenue in Freedom. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindFreedom-no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindFreedom-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Outagamie 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
Murphy Corner2.4 miles8
Five Corners4.9 miles8
Chicago Corners5.4 miles8
Apple Creek6.2 miles9
Mackville7.3 miles10
Little Chute7.5 miles9
Kaukauna7.5 miles9
Twelve Corners7.8 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 FreedomAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5500467The 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.