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Pulaski, Wisconsin

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Pulaski Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54162. The Survey maps it on the Pulaski quadrangle. 3,870 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 807 feet above sea level.

Pulaski within Brown County

On record in Pulaski

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

4 surveys from 6 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

23 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Pulaski between 1992 and 2020, burning about 56 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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
Debris and open burning11
Arson/incendiarism5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1

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
29 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 August 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 June 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 June 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 May 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18074
17 May 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesHWY 32 LAWNMOWER FIRE
10 May 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesSAFIAN ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Brown County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Pulaski: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
McKeefry & Sons,IncStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Peters QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pittsfield QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Quarry Road Dolomite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Brown County

Storms near this place

10 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pulaski in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
August 1996Thunderstorm WindPulaski$1,000no account filed
August 2021Tornado (EF0)Pulaski-A tornado touched down at 2:14 pm CDT just northwest of Pulaski, moved east across the north side of the city, then dissipated about 1 mile east of Pulaski at 2:22 pm CDT. The tornado produced damage to trees (DI 28, DOD 2,4). Total path length is estimated to be 2.27 miles long, with a width of 75 yards. Peak wind estimated to be around 70 mph.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindPulaski-A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 64 mph in Pulaski.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindPulaski-Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree branches and uprooted two trees.
August 2015HailPulaski-A thunderstorm dropped golf ball size hail as it passed through Pulaski.
September 2010Flash FloodPulaski-Heavy rain fell over extreme northwest Brown County, causing flash flooding in Pulaski where a storm total of 3.97 inches of rain fell. Some roads in the area flooded, including State Highway 32, and a small creek that is normally about 1 foot deep was flowing at a depth of 8 or 9 feet.
July 2006HailPulaski-no account filed
April 2003HailPulaski-no account filed
August 2003HailPulaski-no account filed
September 1996HailPulaski-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Brown 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
Camelot Terrace1.5 miles6
Kunesh4.8 miles7
Pittsfield5.0 miles7
Anston5.8 miles7
Flintville6.8 miles6
Mill Center7.3 miles7
Tremble9.5 miles6
Suamico11.1 miles6

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 PulaskiAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q968683The 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 1581840. 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.