Table 1-1
Population of Door County, 1950-1990

Municipality

1950

1960

1970

1980

1990

Town of Baileys Harbor

715

634

615

799

780

Town of Brussels

1,177

1,139

1,050

1,097

1,042

Town of Clay Banks

383

373

345

409

379

Town of Egg Harbor

916

852

693

825

1,019

Town of Forestville

1,301

1,256

902

1,035

999

Town of Gardner

833

847

875

1,084

1,025

Town of Gibraltar

764

606

590

742

939

Town of Jacksonport

789

707

622

707

689

Town of Liberty Grove

1,332

1,190

1,174

1,313

1,506

Town of Nasewaupee

1,184

1,319

1,470

1,899

1,798

Town of Sevastopol

1,791

1,950

2,035

2,520

2,552

Town of Sturgeon Bay

584

502

641

863

853

Town of Union

598

586

620

755

721

Town of Washington

776

610

446

558

623

Village of Egg Harbor

B

B

184

238

183

Village of Ephraim

244

221

236

319

261

Village of Forestville

B

B

349

455

470

Village of Sister Bay

429

520

483

564

675

City of Sturgeon Bay

7,054

7,353

6,776

8,847

9,176

County of Door

20,870

20,685

20,106

25,029

25,690

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1952, 1961, 1972, 1982, 1993b.

Table 1-2
Zoning and Building Permits, 1986-1998

Town

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

Total

Baileys Harbor

75

78

61

65

96

86

89

80

99

77

82

99

82

1,069

Brussels^1,2

0

0

0

3

0

1

0

0

0
(38)

0
(43)

0
(44)

0
(55)

1
(62)

5
(252)

Clay Banks

8

7

7

19

19

23

21

27

30

21

16

21

17

236

Egg Harbor^1,3

10

9

20

18

13

12

16

16

20

17

16

19

15

201

Forestville^1,2

0

1

2

5

1
(23)

3
(28)

3
(43)

2
(43)

2
(43)

4
(36)

3
(47)

2
(59)

1
(66)

29
(388)

Gardner^1,2

15

26

28

28

31

41

39

48

64
(47)

61
(74)

60
(66)

43
(56)

52
(85)

536
(328)

Gibraltar

73

87

71

86

96

96

106

99

106

83

165

94

94

1256

Table 1-2 (continued)
Zoning and Building Permits, 1986-1998

Town

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

Total

Jacksonport

35

42

37

51

35

37

48

47

50

43

69

46

53

593

Liberty Grove

133

163

154

156

135

133

164

173

157

153

206

183

173

2083

Nasewaupee^{1, 2, 5}

17

28

33

26

22

40

40

45

56

46
(79)

33
(78)

28
(88)

33
(118)

447
(291)

Sevastopol

93

100

98

105

99

112

126

136

150

151

113

117

123

1523

Sturgeon Bay

35

42

47

52

46

67

58

53

49

51

43

34

32

609

Union^1,4

8

0

17

25

17
(5)

21
(9)

29
(11)

33
(4)

28
(11)

25
(8)

32
(12)

12
(4)

21
(10)

268
(74)

Washington

65

51

54

74

76

80

78

72

67

79

76

89

77

938

Total (county zoning permits only)

567

634

629

713

686

752

817

831

878

811

914

787

774

9793

Table 1-3
Door County Land Use Changes¹

Percent of Total Land Area

Selected Category

1964

1975

1979

1992

Residential

1.5

2.2

3.6

4.0

Cropland (active)

NA

NA

40.8

36.0

Idle Farmland

NA

NA

9.2

11.2

Combined Active/Idle Farmland

NA

51.5

50.0

47.2

Orchards

NA

2.3

2.3

2.1

Woodland

NA

34.2

33.1

32.9

Total Developed (includes roads, parks)

7.4

8.4

10.9

12.0

Total Natural/Agricultural Uses (includes inland bodies of water)

92.6

91.8

89.1

88.0

Table 1-4
Door County Shoreline Development¹

Lake Michigan and Green Bay shoreline (mainland and Washington Island only)

Year

Private Development

Incorporated

Public

Undeveloped

1964

29.6

7.0

7.3

56.1

1992

48.4

10.3

14.7

26.6

Inland lakes shoreline (Clark, Kangaroo, and Europe Lakes)

1964

32.8

B

0.5

66.7

1992

56.1

B

8.6

35.3

Table 1-5
Comparison of Wetland Acreage in Brown,
Door, Kewaunee and Oconto Counties

County

Total Wetland Acreage

% of County Classified as Wetlands

Brown

28,256.61

8.4

Door

50,990.24

16.2

Kewaunee

27,435.76

12.5

Oconto

159,716.64

25.0

Source: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, 1999b, 1999c, 1999d, 1999e.

Table 1-6
Summary of Wetlands Permitting in Wisconsin,
Brown, Door, Kewaunee and Oconto Counties from 1988-1996

0 (0.0%)

Table 1-7
Comparison of Nationwide Permits Issued in Brown, Door, Kewaunee and Oconto Counties, 1988-1996¹

County

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

Total Activities Authorized

Total Confirmed
Acreage

Estimated
Total Acreage

Brown

41

47

73

54

46

50

62

82

6

461

8.6

288.5

Door

33

41

48

20

24

22

31

29

11

259

1.8

161.5

Kewaunee

14

3

7

9

13

16

13

17

6

98

4.5

83.3

Oconto

61

37

71

29

21

112

22

31

4

388

6.1

220.6

Source: Environmental Working Group, 1999.

¹ Data from 1996 include activities represented in the Corps= Regulatory Analysis and Management System database as of June, 1996.

Table 1-8
Comparison of Corps Permit Actions in Brown, Door, Kewaunee and Oconto Counties, 1991-1998¹

County

Total Individual Permits

Total Nationwide Permits

Total General Permits

Total
Permits

Total Requested Acres

Total Approved Acres

Total Mitigated Acres

Brown

4

63

8

75

26.04

21.34

44.32

Door

0

62

7

69

17.71

17.44

0.16

Kewaunee

2

23

6

31

15.64

15.40

1.20

Oconto

0

56

11

67

89.43

37.26

42.23

Table 1-9
Corps Permit Actions in Wisconsin, 1989-1998

Year

Individual Permits

Nationwide Permits

General Permits

Total Permits

Requested Acreage

Approved Acreage

Mitigated Acreage

1989

1

1

0

2

14.60

14.60

0.00

1990

1

4

0

5

6.93

6.93

5.50

1991

1

3

1

5

8.93

10.93

11.53

1992

8

68

8

84

58.99

30.62

26.13

1993

21

235

24

280

567.63

511.41

488.02

1994

33

246

20

299

361.40

281.31

296.62

1995

35

523

58

616

713.85

533.57

520.53

1996

27

406

85

518

439.61

281.03

346.43

1997

21

391

137

549

569.04

439.47

2,656.44

1998

22

599

102

723

533.32

484.52

977.45

Total

170

2,476

435

3,081

3,274.30

2,594.39

5,328.65

Table 1-10
Summary of Nationwide Wetlands Permits in Door County, 1988-1996¹

Year

Activities Authorized

Permits with
Valid Acreage

Confirmed
Acreage

Estimated
Total Acreage

1988

33

0

0.0

29.0

1989

41

0

0.0

36.1

1990

48

0

0.0

42.2

1991

20

0

0.0

14.4

1992

24

0

0.0

10.3

1993

22

1

0.0

8.2

1994

31

0

0.0

12.0

1995

29

6

1.3

5.8

1996

11

3

0.5

3.1

Total

259

10

1.8

161.1

Table 1-11
Corps Permits Actions in Door County, 1995-1998

Year

Requested
Acreage

Approved
Acreage

Total
NWPs

Total General Permits

Total Permits Issued

1995

1.97

1.82

6

2

8

1996

4.0

4.0

9

1

10

1997

2.33

2.33

12

4

16

1998

9.29

9.29

32

0

32

Total

17.59

17.44

59

7

66

Table 1-12
Summary of Nationwide Permits in Door County by Town, 1988-1996¹

Town

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

Total

Baileys Harbor

2

9

5

1

6

3

7

3

2

38

Brussels

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Clay Banks

1

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

Egg Harbor

6

4

10

1

6

2

3

7

1

40

Forestville

1

2

0

0

0

1

2

0

0

6

Gardner

16

8

9

10

4

5

9

11

2

74

Gibraltar

2

10

7

4

2

3

1

5

2

36

Jacksonport

3

0

1

0

0

1

0

2

1

8

Liberty Grove

11

6

10

4

10

9

9

10

1

70

Nasewaupee

4

4

1

7

5

6

5

6

1

39

Sevastopol

2

2

5

2

4

2

1

5

2

25

Sturgeon Bay

4

5

7

4

7

4

3

7

1

42

Union

4

2

3

1

4

0

3

4

2

23

Washington

5

3

3

3

0

4

3

4

1

26

Unknown²

1

5

5

0

1

2

0

0

0

14

Total

62

62

66

37

49

42

46

64

16

444

² These activities did not include any information describing the location of the project.

Table 1-13
Wetlands in Door County

Town

DNR Total
Wetland Acreage

% of Total
DNR Wetlands

FWS Total
Wetland Acreage

% of Total
FWS Wetlands

Baileys Harbor^{1, 2}

3,704.39

7.3

4,758.1

9.4

Brussels

2,815.80

5.5

2,859.0

5.6

Clay Banks

1,858.25

3.6

1,787.6

3.5

Egg Harbor¹

1,103.09

2.2

1,164.9

2.3

Forestville

5,863.43

11.5

5,828.8

11.5

Gardner

5,014.68

9.8

5,029.0

9.9

Gibraltar¹

2,772.50

5.4

2,191.4

4.3

Jacksonport

2,682.42

5.3

2,679.6

5.3

Liberty Grove²

6,311.14

12.4

5,625.1

11.1

Nasewaupee

5,425.46

10.6

6,166.3

12.2

Sevastopol

5,598.75

11.0

4,804.1

9.5

Sturgeon Bay

5,329.67

10.5

5,346.8

10.6

Union

1,662.74

3.3

1,657.2

3.3

Washington

847.91

1.7

714.1

1.4

Total

50,990.24

100.0

50,612.0

100.0

Sources: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, 1999c; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, 1992.

¹ All of the wetland acreage in T30N R27E is included in the Town of Gibraltar. However, portions of T30N R27E also lie in the Towns of Baileys Harbor and Egg Harbor.

² All of the wetland acreage in T31N R28E is included in the Town of Liberty Grove. However, portions of T31N R28E also lie in the Town of Baileys Harbor.

Table 1-14
FWS Wetlands as a Percent of Total Town Acreage

Town

FWS Wetland Acres

% of Town

Baileys Harbor

4,758.1

23.8

Brussels

2,859.0

12.3

Clay Banks

1,787.6

18.8

Egg Harbor

1,164.9

4.9

Forestville

5,828.8

25.6

Gardner

5,029.0

22.7

Gibraltar

2,191.4

9.9

Jacksonport

2,679.6

13.8

Liberty Grove

5,625.1

16.1

Nasewaupee

6,166.3

21.9

Sevastopol

4,804.1

14.1

Sturgeon Bay

5,346.8

40.6

Union

1,657.2

12.1

Washington

714.1

4.4

Table 1-15
Total Acreage of Wetland Classes by Town

Town

Type E¹

Type S²

Type T³

Type W⁴

Baileys Harbor

397.0

282.4

4,070.7

8.0

Brussels

278.1

275.5

2,300.8

4.6

Clay Banks

229.0

182.1

1,376.5

0.0

Egg Harbor

96.1

29.8

1,039.0

0.0

Forestville

825.9

780.5

4,217.0

5.4

Gardner⁵

643.4

553.3

3,827.2

1.9

Gibraltar

84.6

127.6

1,966.0

13.2

Jacksonport

124.1

110.6

2,435.8

9.1

Liberty Grove

348.1

122.2

5,153.1

1.7

Nasewaupee

408.6

654.8

5,068.6

34.3

Sevastopol

188.6

234.5

4,309.8

71.2

Sturgeon Bay

281.7

382.8

4,680.2

2.1

Union⁶

90.6

182.4

1,381.2

0.0

Washington

71.5

18.1

570.2

54.3

Total

4,067.3

3,936.6

42,396.1

205.8

Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, 1992.

¹ Type E refers to emergent/wet meadow wetlands.

² Type S refers to scrub/shrub wetlands.

³ Type T refers to forested wetlands.

⁴ Type W refers to open water.

⁵ 3.2 acres of wetlands in the Town of Gardner were not classified.

⁶ 3.0 acres of wetlands in the Town of Union were not classified.

Table 1-16
Protective Ownership of Wetlands in Door County by Town

Town

Total Acres

% of Wetland Acreage Protected in Town

Baileys Harbor

3,054.1

64.2%

Brussels

0.0

0.0%

Clay Banks

17.6

1.0%

Egg Harbor

0.0

0.0%

Forestville

89.1

7.5%

Gardner

1,182.7

23.5%

Gibraltar

127.2

5.8%

Jacksonport

166.2

6.2%

Liberty Grove

2,563.0

45.6%

Nasewaupee

256.5

4.2%

Sturgeon Bay

437.9

8.2%

Union

35.6

2.1%

Washington

16.7

2.3%

Total

8,527.1

16.8%