Potter, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Potter Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54160. The Survey maps it on the Potter quadrangle. 244 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 817 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresPotter fell from 253 to 244 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 253 | |
| 2020 | 244 | -9 (-4%) |
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 Chilton quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Potter quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Appleton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Potter quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Potter between 1995 and 2020, burning about 20 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 May 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 May 2018 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 32 |
| 21 April 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 99421 |
| 30 November 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 52 |
| 19 October 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 18 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 Potter: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnold Ortlepp Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Winkler Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Potter in 9 storm reports between 2003 and 2024: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2006 | Hail | Potter | $300,000 | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Potter | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Flash Flood | Potter | - | Rainfall of 2 to 3 inches in northeastern Calumet County caused street flooding along with road closures and stranded vehicles during the afternoon in Hilbert. |
| August 2022 | Hail | Potter | - | Nickel size hail fell in Potter. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Potter | - | Several trees and tree limbs were blown down on County Road PP in Potter. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Potter | - | Several trees were snapped off 15 feet above the ground. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Potter | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Potter | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Potter | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hilbert Junction | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Hilbert | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Brillion | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Gravesville | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Brant | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Saint John | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Forest Junction | 6.8 miles | 9 | |
| Hayton | 6.8 miles | 9 |
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 Potter | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3276620 | 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 1571841. 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.




