Norman, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Carlton town. It lies in ZIP code area 54216. It stands on Thorn Apple Creek. The Survey maps it on the Two Creeks quadrangle. It stands 725 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Kewaunee quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Manitowoc quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Manitowoc quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Two Creeks quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Manitowoc quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Norman between 2018 and 2019, burning about 1 acre 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 | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 27 |
| 14 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 17 |
| 12 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 16 |
| 29 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 14 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 25 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Norman: 13 occurrences, 12 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boulanger Construction Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cherneyville Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Collegiate Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| D Cherney Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| D Thielbar Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Delleman Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| E Brusky Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| E Seidl Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| East Krok Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| East Krok Gravel Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
5 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Norman in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2019: 3 hail, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norman | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Norman. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Norman | - | Quarter size hail fell south of Kewaunee along the shore of Lake Michigan. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Norman | - | Thunderstorms produced quarter size hail near Norman. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norman | - | Trees were blown down by straight-line thunderstorm winds in the southern part of the county. |
| March 1998 | Hail | Norman | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Krok | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Krok | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Stangelville | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Bolt | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Birchwood | 6.3 miles | 8 | |
| Ellisville | 7.4 miles | 8 | |
| Curran | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Cherneyville | 8.0 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 Norman | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7051878 | 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 1570336. 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.




