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Stevens Hill, Wisconsin

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Sturgeon Bay City. It lies in ZIP code area 54235. The Survey maps it on the Sturgeon Bay East quadrangle.

Stevens Hill within Door County

On record in Stevens Hill

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 within a mile 7 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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.

In the county-history sources

8,908 words on this township

History Of Door County, published 1881; History Of Door County Wisconsin The County Beautiful, published 1917 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Sturgeon Bay City covers the township.

Read the chapter on Sturgeon Bay City - 8,908 words.

Fires near this place

14 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Stevens Hill between 2018 and 2020, burning about 7 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning4
Smoking3

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
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources134
8 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources580
18 June 2020Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources623
16 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources610
17 May 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources497
30 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources440
30 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources439
29 April 2018Smoking1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources71

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Door County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Stevens Hill: 6 producers, 5 past producers, 3 unknowns, 1 plant. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, Stone. 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
Adamski Fisher Limestone QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Eliason QuarryStoneUnknown
Elliason QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Jutting Point Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Kiehnau QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
The Reef Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Walker Road QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bissen QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Door Pit SouthSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Sturgeon Bay0.6 miles7
Idlewild4.5 miles7
Institute5.7 miles7
Salona6.6 miles8
Valmy7.3 miles7
Carlsville7.9 miles7
Vignes7.9 miles8
Maplewood8.6 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1574875. 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.