Eau Claire, Michigan
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Berrien Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49111. The Survey maps it on the Berrien Springs quadrangle. 552 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 702 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresEau Claire fell from 625 to 552 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 625 | |
| 2020 | 552 | -73 (-12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1927 USGS Niles quadrangle1:62500
- 1930 USGS Niles quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Niles quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Berrien Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS South Bend quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
20 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Eau Claire between 2018 and 2020, burning about 21 acres in total. 13 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EAU CLAIRE FD 82 - 2020 |
| 5 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EAU CLAIRE FD 81 - 2020 |
| 26 September 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EAU CLAIRE FD 97 - 2019 |
| 28 August 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EAU CLAIRE FD 78 - 2020 |
| 23 August 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EAU CLAIRE FD 76 - 2020 |
| 8 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EAU CLAIRE FD 46 - 2020 |
| 2 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | INDIAN LAKE VFD 2018019 - 2018 |
| 7 April 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EAU CLAIRE FD 21 - 2020 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Eau Claire: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunaetz Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eau Claire in 5 storm reports between 1997 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eau Claire | $25,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were downed across the Eau Claire area. Several homes received minor damage from falling trees and limbs. |
| October 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eau Claire | - | Emergency management officials reported a three foot diameter tree was blown down in the road. A car struck the fallen tree, but no injuries were reported. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eau Claire | - | Numerous trees reported down in Eau Claire. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Eau Claire | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Eau Claire | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berrien Center | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Hartman | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Berrien Springs | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Shanghai Corners | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Naomi | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Pennellwood | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Arden | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| River Spring Estates | 5.0 miles | 16 |
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 Eau Claire | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2065006 | 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 625315. 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.






