Valmy, Wisconsin
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Sevastopol town. It lies in ZIP code area 54235. The Survey maps it on the Institute quadrangle. It stands 653 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Manitowoc quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Manitowoc quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Sturgeon Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1981 USGS Institute quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Sturgeon Bay quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
3,874 words on this townshipHistory of Door County, Wisconsin, Together with Biographies of Nearly Seven Hundred Families, and Mention of 4,000 Persons .., 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 Sevastopol Town covers the township.
Read the chapter on Sevastopol Town - 3,874 words.
Fires near this place
5 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Valmy between 2018 and 2020, burning under an 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 July 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 671 |
| 13 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1932 |
| 25 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 525 |
| 26 April 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 436 |
| 26 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 426 |
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 Valmy: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kiehnau Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Walker Road Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Valmy in 4 storm reports between 1996 and 1999: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valmy | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valmy | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Valmy | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Valmy | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Institute | 1.6 miles | 7 | |
| Whitefish Bay | 2.4 miles | 7 | |
| Carlsville | 4.9 miles | 7 | |
| Jacksonport | 6.4 miles | 7 | |
| Stevens Hill | 7.3 miles | 8 | |
| Sturgeon Bay | 7.9 miles | 7 | |
| Idlewild | 8.8 miles | 7 | |
| Egg Harbor | 9.7 miles | 8 |
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 Valmy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7912513 | 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 1576026. 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.




