Plover, WI Night Sky Brightness
Plover, WI's night sky, measured from orbit
Plover's sky measures suburban edge here. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. That's brighter than 28.7% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.
Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things, explained in the Bortle scale guide.
How far Plover is from a meaningfully darker sky
30 miles from Plover, straight-line, sits Weston, WI, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Plover's own suburban edge band.
Weston, WI is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
How Plover compares nationally
About 14,208 people live in Plover, WI, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Plover's position, 916 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.