Editing Brussels, Wisconsin (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Brussel House in Brussels Wisconsin 1914.jpg|thumb|The Brussel House in Brussels; from a postcard dated as 1914]]

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of 36.2&nbsp;square miles (93.6&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), all of it land.

=== Brussels Hill ===
{{For|the pit cave at the foot of Brussels Hill|Door Peninsula#Caves and sinkholes}}
The 102&nbsp;ft high Brussels Hill<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200113060255/http://map.co.door.wi.us/planning/Comp-Plan/Completed/Town%20of%20Gardner%20Comp%20Plan%20Text%20and%20Maps.pdf Town of Gardner 20 Year Comprehensive Plan], January 2010, Chapter 5, p. 15 (p. 78 of the pdf)</ref> ({{Coord|44.75166|-87.59093|dim:30_region:US-WI_type:hill|display=inline,body|name=Brussels Hill}}, elevation 851 feet) is the highest point in the county.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210628021949/https://media.baylakerpc.org/media/34694/t%20brussels.pdf Town of Brussels 2020 Comprehensive Plan], Chapter 2, p. 30 (p. 56 of the pdf) (Archived June 28, 2021)</ref> It has been explained as the result of a meteorite impact.<ref>[https://services8.arcgis.com/RSxoCJGNVoiAd2K8/arcgis/rest/services/OutcropView_Attachments/FeatureServer/0/9764/attachments/207 Crater map], Wisconsin Geology electronic map attachment</ref><ref>[https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Emily_Zawacki/publication/307980467_A_PREVIOUSLY_UNRECOGNIZED_IMPACT_STRUCTURE_AT_BRUSSELS_HILL_DOOR_COUNTY_WISCONSIN_BRECCIATION_AND_SHOCK-METAMORPHIC_FEATURES/links/57d5bd3f08ae0c0081e8c29f/A-PREVIOUSLY-UNRECOGNIZED-IMPACT-STRUCTURE-AT-BRUSSELS-HILL-DOOR-COUNTY-WISCONSIN-BRECCIATION-AND-SHOCK-METAMORPHIC-FEATURES.pdf A previously unrecognized impact structure at Brussels Hill, Door County, Wisconsin: Brecciation and shock-metamorphic features.] by E. E. Zawacki, October 2014, presented at the 2014 Geological Society of America annual meeting</ref><ref>[https://www.livescience.com/48565-meteor-crater-hunters-ordovician-impacts.html Crater Hunters Find New Clues to Ancient Impact Storm] by Becky Oskin, ''LiveScience'', October 31, 2014</ref> The hill is missing blocks of rock ripped off during glaciation. The broken rocks leave behind nearly horizontal and vertical rock surfaces along the pre-existing weaknesses ([[Bed (geology)|beds]] and [[Joint (geology)|joints]]) in the rock.<ref>Rosen, Carol & Day, Michael & Piepenburg, Kurt. (2013) [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02723646.1987.10642318?journalCode=tphy20 Glaciokarst depressions in the Door peninsula, Wisconsin]. ''Physical Geography 8''(2). 160–168. 10.1080/02723646.1987.10642318</ref> This is considered a feature of [[glaciokarst]] geology.<ref>[http://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/transactions/WT1990/reference/wi.wt1990.cjrosen.pdf Glaciated Karst Terrain in the Door Peninsula of Wisconsin] by Rosen, Carol J. and Day, Michael J. ''Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters 78'' (1990), p. 39–44</ref>