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Maplewood, Wisconsin

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Forestville town. It lies in ZIP code area 54235. The Survey maps it on the Forestville quadrangle. It stands 702 feet above sea level.

Maplewood within Door 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

6 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Maplewood between 2018 and 2020, burning about 5 acres in total. None 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/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning2

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
6 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources87
25 June 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources101
30 May 2019Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources85
5 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources17
28 April 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources64
15 April 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources23

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Door County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Maplewood: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Door Quarry SouthStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Little Hill Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Old Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Door County

Storms near this place

6 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maplewood in 6 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind. 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
July 2025Thunderstorm WindMaplewood-Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Maplewood. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindMaplewood-Thunderstorm winds downed trees across Door County. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindMaplewood-Thunderstorm winds downed several trees in Maplewood. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindMaplewood-Thunderstorm winds snapped several 10 to 12 inch diameter trees.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindMaplewood-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindMaplewood-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Door 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
Forestville4.0 miles8
Kolberg4.2 miles8
Carnot4.3 miles8
Vignes5.6 miles8
Salona6.5 miles8
Misere (historical)7.3 miles8
Brussels7.5 miles8
Little Sturgeon7.7 miles7

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 MaplewoodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14714527The 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 1569010. 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.