Little Rapids, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Lawrence town. It lies in ZIP code area 54115. The Survey maps it on the Oneida South quadrangle. It stands 630 feet above sea level.
On record in Little Rapids
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Little Kaukauna Lock and Dam Historic Districtlisted 1993 · 0.2 miles away
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.
- 1954 USGS De Pere quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Oneida South quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Appleton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Oneida South quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
10 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Little Rapids between 2018 and 2020, burning about 10 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 33 |
| 22 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 54 |
| 20 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 191434 |
| 15 June 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20059 |
| 28 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20053 |
| 6 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 150 |
| 18 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20041 |
| 11 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 35 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Little Rapids: 2 producers. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daanen and Janssen | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Ebben Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Little Rapids in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2021: 1 lightning, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Lightning | Little Rapids | $5,000 | Five residents of a house had to be evacuated when it filled with smoke after being struck by lightning. |
| September 2021 | Hail | Little Rapids | - | Ping pong size hail fell near Little Rapids. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Little Rapids | - | Thunderstorm winds uprooted or damaged 20 trees on the Fox River. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sniderville | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Wrightstown | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Greenleaf | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| West De Pere | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| De Pere | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Askeaton | 7.7 miles | 8 | |
| Ashwaubenon | 7.7 miles | 10 | |
| Hobart | 8.3 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 Little Rapids | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6651466 | 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 1568375. 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.




