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Namur, Wisconsin

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Union town. It lies in ZIP code area 54204. The Survey maps it on the Namur quadrangle.

Namur within Door County

On record in Namur

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

9 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Namur between 2018 and 2020, burning about 3 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 burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources43
18 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources38
18 June 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources33
8 May 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources26
2 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources21
6 April 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20
5 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19
26 October 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources62

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Door County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Namur: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension. 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
Macco Creek Dolomite QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Crossroads Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Reiner QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Charles Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pit No 7 - BrusselsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Swampside Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working 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
Brussels2.6 miles8
Shoemaker Point2.9 miles9
Misere (historical)4.4 miles8
Rosiere5.1 miles8
Kolberg6.5 miles8
Little Sturgeon9.2 miles7
Maplewood10.2 miles8
Forestville10.6 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1570098. 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.