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.
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
- Franciscan Publishers Buildinglisted 2020
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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 Green Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Pulaski quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Shawano quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
23 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 June 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 June 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18074 |
| 17 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HWY 32 LAWNMOWER FIRE |
| 10 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SAFIAN ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McKeefry & Sons,Inc | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Peters Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Pittsfield Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry Road Dolomite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pulaski | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Tornado (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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pulaski | - | A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 64 mph in Pulaski. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pulaski | - | Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree branches and uprooted two trees. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Pulaski | - | A thunderstorm dropped golf ball size hail as it passed through Pulaski. |
| September 2010 | Flash Flood | Pulaski | - | 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 2006 | Hail | Pulaski | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Pulaski | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Pulaski | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Hail | Pulaski | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camelot Terrace | 1.5 miles | 6 | |
| Kunesh | 4.8 miles | 7 | |
| Pittsfield | 5.0 miles | 7 | |
| Anston | 5.8 miles | 7 | |
| Flintville | 6.8 miles | 6 | |
| Mill Center | 7.3 miles | 7 | |
| Tremble | 9.5 miles | 6 | |
| Suamico | 11.1 miles | 6 |
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 Pulaski | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q968683 | 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 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.



