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Two Creeks, Wisconsin

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Two Creeks town. It lies in ZIP code area 54241. The Survey maps it on the Two Creeks quadrangle. It stands 643 feet above sea level.

Two Creeks within Manitowoc County

On record in Two Creeks

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

5 surveys from 9 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

28 words on this township

A History of Manitowoc County, published 1904 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Two Creeks Town covers the township.

Read the chapter on Two Creeks Town - 28 words.

Fires near this place

2 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Two Creeks in 2018, 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 burning1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
14 June 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources17
12 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources16

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Manitowoc County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Two Creeks: 4 past producers, 1 occurrence. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Nuclear Road Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Nuclear Road Gravel Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sandy Bay Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Sandy Bay Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Tisch Mills Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Manitowoc County

Storms near this place

3 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Two Creeks in 3 storm reports between 2019 and 2026: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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
April 2026Flash FloodTwo Creeks-Rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches in a short time caused several road closures in northern Manitowoc County due to flash flooding. The river washed out Devils River Campground near Maribel, taking multiple campers downstream. The time of these reports is an estimate based on radar data.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindTwo Creeks-Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and snapped power poles in Two Creeks. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
May 2019HailTwo Creeks-A thunderstorm dropped quarter size hail in Two Creeks. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.

Every storm recorded in Manitowoc 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
Tisch Mills3.6 miles9
Mishicot6.0 miles8
Fisherville7.5 miles8
Zander7.6 miles8
Larrabee8.4 miles8
Kingsbridge8.9 miles8
Shoto9.9 miles8
Two Rivers10.2 miles8

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 Two CreeksAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7858899The 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 1575825. 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.