Wrightstown, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Wrightstown Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54180. It stands on Plum Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wrightstown quadrangle. 3,179 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 709 feet above sea level.
On record in Wrightstown
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
Mueller-Wright Houselisted 1978
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 De Pere quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Wrightstown quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Appleton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Wrightstown quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
10 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Wrightstown between 2018 and 2020, burning about 6 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/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 33 |
| 22 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 54 |
| 15 June 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20059 |
| 16 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 21 |
| 6 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2020020 |
| 5 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 13 |
| 11 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 35 |
| 18 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BU18031 |
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 Wrightstown: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bodde Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Daanen and Janssen | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
21 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wrightstown in 21 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 10 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Wrightstown | $2,000,000 | The tornado that developed 2.7 miles east-northeast of Mackville in Outagamie County at 12:40 am CDT moved into Brown County, entering near Highway 41, 1.8 miles northwest of Wrightstown, at 12:48 am CDT. The tornado first hit the Apple Creek Campground, snapping 50 trees and knocking over two camping trailers. As the tornado moved across the southern part of the county, at least 70 homes sustained at least minor damage, many from fallen trees (DI 27, DOD 3 and 4; DI 28, DOD 3 and 4). A large, free-standing garage was heavily damaged when the tornadic winds blew in two garage doors, causing the roof to be ripped off (DI 1, DOD 5). The tornado entered Manitowoc County 4.1 miles northwest of Rosecrans at 1:01 am CDT. Average path width of the tornado in Brown County was 175 yards. |
| August 2013 | Tornado (EF1) | Wrightstown | $500,000 | The tornado that formed in Outagamie County near Mackville at 12:38 am CDT entered Brown County about two miles southwest of Wrightstown at 12:48 am CDT. The tornado snapped or uprooted dozens of trees as it moved east, just south of Greenleaf. A house lost an attached garage when winds blew in the garage door and caused a large portion of the garage roof to lift off (DI 2, DOD 4). The walls of a nearby outbuilding collapsed (DI 1, DOD 6). The tornado dissipated about 3 miles west of Morrison. The average path width of the tornado in Brown County was 125 yards. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wrightstown | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees, power lines, and heavily damaged a golf clubhouse in Wrightstown. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wrightstown | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds, gusting to 78 mph, overturned a semi-trailer near Wrightstown, on CR-U and US-41, and damaged dugouts at a baseball field. |
| July 2010 | Flood | Wrightstown | $10,000 | Heavy rainfall caused Apple Creek to rise about 2.5 feet above flood stage at the Apple Creek Campground. Brown County officials had to evacuate 28 people from the campground where water was up to 5 feet deep. |
| August 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Wrightstown | $10,000 | no account filed |
| September 2021 | Hail | Wrightstown | - | Lime size hail fell in Wrightstown. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| September 2021 | Hail | Wrightstown | - | Penny size hail fell in Wrightstown. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| September 2021 | Hail | Wrightstown | - | Tennis ball size hail fell in Wrightstown. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wrightstown | - | Thunderstorm winds downed a spruce tree and power lines in Wrightstown. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wrightstown | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and wires all across Wrightstown. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wrightstown | - | Thunderstorm winds downed multiple large trees in the middle of Wrightstown. The storms produced a gust to 67 mph, as measured by a spotter. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wrightstown | - | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees in Wrightstown, knocking out power. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Wrightstown | - | Quarter size hail fell for 2 minutes in Wrightstown. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Wrightstown | - | Quarter size hail fell in Wrightstown. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Wrightstown | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wrightstown | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Wrightstown | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Wrightstown | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Wrightstown | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Wrightstown | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sniderville | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| Greenleaf | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Little Rapids | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Askeaton | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Holland | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Morrison | 9.4 miles | 9 | |
| West De Pere | 9.5 miles | 10 | |
| De Pere | 10.1 miles | 10 |
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 Wrightstown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2657798 | 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 1577056. 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.




