Kelly Brook, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Spruce town. It lies in ZIP code area 54139. It stands on Daly Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oconto Falls North quadrangle. It stands 807 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Oconto Falls quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1974 USGS Oconto Falls North quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Shawano quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
113 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Kelly Brook between 1993 and 2020, burning about 172 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 August 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | DITCH MOWING FIRE |
| 29 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.5 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | CLAYWOOD FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Kelly Brook: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Line Road Ls Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kelly Brook in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2020: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2020 | Hail | Kelly Brook | - | Half dollar size hail fell near Hickory Corners. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kelly Brook | - | Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees northwest of Oconto Falls. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spruce | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Hickory Corners | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Frostville | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Gillett | 6.9 miles | 6 | |
| Oconto Falls | 7.1 miles | 8 | |
| Klondike | 8.0 miles | 10 | |
| Suring | 8.7 miles | 6 | |
| Lena | 9.0 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 Kelly Brook | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6385958 | 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 1577674. 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.



