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Green Bay, Wisconsin

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Green Bay City. It lies in ZIP code area 54303. It stands on East River. The Survey maps it on the Green Bay West quadrangle. 107,395 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 581 feet above sea level.

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Green Bay within Brown County

On record in Green Bay

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 12 of 28 shown

Every listing in Brown County

Population over time

2 figures

Green Bay grew from 104,057 to 107,395 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010104,057
2020107,395+3,338 (+3%)

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

37 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Green Bay between 2012 and 2020, burning about 49 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/undetermined31
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources201556
23 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2009982
28 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1837896
28 August 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1837880
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
5 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources181401

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Brown County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Green Bay: 2 unknowns, 2 producers, 2 plants, 1 past producer. 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
Gibson QuarryStoneUnknown
Katers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kraszewski PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Own CrewsStoneUnknown

Every working recorded in Brown County

Storms near this place

60 of 89 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Green Bay in 89 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 48 thunderstorm wind, 20 hail, 7 lightning, 4 flash 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
September 2018Flash FloodGreen Bay$500,000Thunderstorms brought a period of torrential rainfall to eastern Brown County, causing flash flooding on the east side of Green Bay and in Bellevue. About 50 people had to be rescued from cars that became trapped in flooded intersections. Employees and customers of some businesses had to shelter in place due to high water in their parking lots and surrounding streets. The ground floor of some buildings flooded, including a Green Bay Metro Fire Department station.||More than 100 people were evacuated from seven buildings, including residents of a 48-unit apartment building that housed mostly elderly people. The basement of the building flooded, leaving electrical services underwater. More than 70 people were left homeless for the night and stayed overnight at a local church.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindGreen Bay$237,000High winds from thunderstorms downed numerous trees on the northeast side of Green Bay. Some of the trees landed on roofs in the 1800 block of East Shore Drive, damaging at least 6 houses.
July 2010Heavy RainGreen Bay$150,000In 18 minutes 1.06 inches of rain fell at the National Weather Service Office in Green Bay, 0.61 inch of that fell in just 6 minutes. The torrential rain flooded streets, dislodged manhole covers and caused water to backup into basements. The west side of Green Bay and Ashwaubenon had the most extensive street and basement flooding. Many homes on the west side of Green Bay had up to 6 inches of water in their basements, resulting in substantial costs to homeowners.
June 1999LightningGreen Bay$100,000no account filed
August 2019Tornado (EF0)Green Bay$50,000A tornado quickly formed southeast of the city of Green Bay and moved southeast into the town of Bellevue. Three power poles sustained damage and a business sign was heavily damaged in Green Bay. The tornado continued southeast and damaged at least 100 trees along the path (DI 27 and 28, DOD 1-3). A poorly constructed carport lost part of its metal roof at an apartment building and a nearby house lost a couple shingles (DI 2, DOD 2).
September 2019Flash FloodGreen Bay$50,000Heavy rainfall caused street flooding across much of the east side of Green Bay and De Pere. There were multiple reports of streets closed, businesses evacuated, vehicles stranded and rescues from the high water. Businesses were evacuated on Mason Street on the east side of Green Bay between Main Street and Lime Kiln Road, Monroe Road in Bellevue was closed from WI-172 to Dickinson Road, there was 3 to 4 feet of water on Red Maple Road in De Pere under the railroad underpass, Ledgeview Road in De Pere was closed between Winding Waters Way and Creamery Road, Bellevue Street in Bellevue was closed from Debra Lane to Allouez Avenue, Wrightstown Road in De Pere was closed between River Oaks Drive and Greenleaf Road, and Huron Road in Bellevue was closed from Easton Road to Yeager Drive due to flash flooding.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindGreen Bay$50,000no account filed
April 1994Thunderstorm WindGreen Bay$50,000no account filed
April 1994Thunderstorm WindGreen Bay$50,000no account filed
July 1999LightningGreen Bay$40,000no account filed
June 1997LightningGreen Bay$20,000no account filed
July 1996LightningGreen Bay$20,000no account filed
July 2021LightningGreen Bay$15,000Lightning struck a pole on South Oakland Street in Green Bay and fell on two garages causing damage.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindGreen Bay$10,000Thunderstorm winds uprooted a large tree on the west side of Green Bay. The tree fell onto a car, damaging the vehicle.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindGreen Bay$10,000Thunderstorm winds split a tree in half. The tree then fell on a house.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindGreen Bay$10,000The public reported several power lines were knocked down on the south side of Green Bay and in De Pere. A tree fell on to a house in the village of Ashwaubenon, causing some damage to the roof.
September 1997LightningGreen Bay$10,000no account filed
August 2010Flash FloodGreen Bay$8,000Thunderstorms produced torrential rains in Green Bay. Lombardi Avenue was closed between Oneida Street and Holmgren Way due to 3 feet of water and stalled cars on the road. Storm and isolated sanitary sewer backups occurred in this area, causing some damage to basements. In just 10 minutes 0.88 inch of rain fell at Austin Straubel Airport, 0.54 inch of that fell in just 4 minutes.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindGreen Bay$6,500Thunderstorm winds downed power lines and a few large trees in Green Bay.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindGreen Bay$5,000Thunderstorm winds caused a tree to fall on a house on the northeast side of Green Bay. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
August 2018FloodGreen Bay$5,000Heavy rainfall from thunderstorms caused urban flooding in and around Green Bay. The most extensive flooding was in low-lying and poor drainage areas where a few vehicles became stranded.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindGreen Bay$3,000Thunderstorm winds downed multiple large branches in Green Bay. A large tree branch damaged the roof of a minivan.
May 1998Dust DevilGreen Bay$2,300no account filed
April 2020Thunderstorm WindGreen Bay$2,000Thunderstorm winds caused a tree to fall on a house in Howard.
August 1996Thunderstorm WindGreen Bay$2,000no account filed
April 2026HailGreen Bay-Quarter size hail fell in Green Bay.
April 2026HailGreen Bay-Nickel size hail fell in Green Bay.
April 2026HailGreen Bay-Quarter size hail fell in Green Bay.
April 2026HailGreen Bay-Half dollar size hail fell in Green Bay.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindGreen Bay-Thunderstorm winds snapped trees in Green Bay. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindGreen Bay-Thunderstorm winds downed power lines in Green Bay. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindGreen Bay-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Green Bay. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindGreen Bay-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Green Bay. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindGreen Bay-Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Green Bay. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindGreen Bay-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines across Green Bay. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindGreen Bay-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Green Bay. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindGreen Bay-Thunderstorms produced a wind gust to 59 mph at the Green Bay airport.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindGreen Bay-Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Green Bay. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindGreen Bay-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Green Bay. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar and ASOS data.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindGreen Bay-Thunderstorm winds downed multiple large tree branches and power lines on the northwest side of Green Bay. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindGreen Bay-A thunderstorm wind gust of 61 mph was measured at the Green Bay Austin Straubel International Airport.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindGreen Bay-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines down in Howard, Suamico and the west side of Green Bay from 12:35 AM to 12:55 AM.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindGreen Bay-Thunderstorm winds downed trees on the east side of Green Bay. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
April 2020FloodGreen Bay-The combination of record high lake levels on the Bay of Green Bay and strong northeast winds backed up the waters on the Fox and East Rivers in Green Bay, causing flooding in the city of Green Bay. Several streets were closed due to flooding along the Fox and East River in Green Bay.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindGreen Bay-Thunderstorm winds downed several trees in and around Green Bay. Some trees blocked area roads.
August 2019HailGreen Bay-Penny size hail fell on the east side of Green Bay.
August 2019HailGreen Bay-Quarter size hail fell on the east side of Green Bay.
August 2019HailGreen Bay-Nickel size hail fell in Green Bay.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindGreen Bay-Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees, branches and power lines in Green bay.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindGreen Bay-Thunderstorm winds snapped numerous tree branches on the north side of Green Bay.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindGreen Bay-There were about a dozen reports of trees and power lines downed by thunderstorm winds in Green Bay.
August 2017HailGreen Bay-Half dollar size hail fell in Green Bay.
August 2017HailGreen Bay-Quarter size hail fell in Green Bay.
August 2017HailGreen Bay-Quarter size hail fell in Green Bay.
August 2017HailGreen Bay-Half dollar size hail fell on the west side of Green Bay.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindGreen Bay-Thunderstorm winds snapped trees on the east side of Green Bay.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindGreen Bay-Thunderstorm winds downed two large trees and several large branches in Green Bay.
June 2015Heavy RainGreen Bay-Heavy rain caused street flooding at numerous locations in the Green Bay area.
September 2015Flash FloodGreen Bay-Torrential rainfall on the west side of Green Bay flooded roads and caused manhole covers to pop off of their bases.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindGreen Bay-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and caused power outages in Green Bay.

Every storm 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
Haevers Corners2.3 miles11
Allouez2.9 miles10
Preble3.0 miles10
Ashwaubenon3.7 miles10
Duck Creek3.9 miles9
Howard4.0 miles9
Cormier4.3 miles9
Elm Tree Corners4.8 miles9

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 Green BayAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q47430The 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 1565801. 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.