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A.6 WIKCDC Study Area: Kewaunee and Door Counties<br />

(Wisc<strong>on</strong>sin)<br />

Figure A - 7: Map <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> WIKCDC Study Area<br />

Note: “Sold Homes” include all sold homes both before and after c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>.<br />

Area Descripti<strong>on</strong><br />

This study area includes the Red River (17 turbines, 14 MW) and Lincoln (14 turbines, 9 MW)<br />

wind facilities. It is situated <strong>on</strong> the “thumb” jutting into Lake Michigan, Northeast <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Green Bay,<br />

Wisc<strong>on</strong>sin, and spans two counties, Kewaunee and Door. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g>re is a mix <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> agricultural, small<br />

rural residential, waterfr<strong>on</strong>t, and urban land use in this area. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> three largest towns are Algoma<br />

to the East <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the facilities and <strong>on</strong> the lake, Casco, which is six miles due South <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the turbines,<br />

and Luxemburg, four miles West <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Casco. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g>re is a smaller village, Brussels, to the North in<br />

Door County. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> remainder <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the homes is situated <strong>on</strong> the water or in small rural residential<br />

parcels between the towns. Topographically, the “thumb” is relatively flat except for a slight<br />

crown in the middle, and then drifting lower to the edges. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> East edge <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the “thumb” ends in<br />

bluffs over the water, and the western edge drops <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>f more gradually, allowing those parcels to<br />

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