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West De Pere, Wisconsin

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in De Pere City. It lies in ZIP code area 54115. The Survey maps it on the De Pere quadrangle.

West De Pere within Brown County

On record in West De Pere

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 12 of 14 shown

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

Every listing in Brown County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

20 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of West De Pere 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/undetermined15
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources201556
8 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources389
24 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2008903
7 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources181179
5 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources181401
25 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2007745
28 June 2020Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources201324
20 June 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources191434

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Brown County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of West De Pere: 4 producers, 3 past producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Butnick Quarry #4StoneUnknown
De Pere PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Decleen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Boulanger MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Boulanger QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ira Nickel Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Leo Scray MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Leo Scray QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working 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
De Pere0.8 miles10
Ashwaubenon2.5 miles10
Allouez3.8 miles10
Little Rapids5.3 miles8
Hobart5.4 miles8
Green Bay5.9 miles9
Kolb6.2 miles10
Preble6.6 miles10

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.

Wikidata item Q122558474The 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 1576494. 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.