46 topographic sheets cover 24 settlements here, and 66 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.
66 National Register listings published here · the county-history sources name 2 people · people the book names include Frank L. Clark (Augusta City, 1914) · Frank L. Clark (Bridge Creek Town, 1914) (machine-read).
Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the National Register database, National Park Service
Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.
Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 495 of them, burning about 1,678 acres. 4 started naturally and 68 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 133 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 96 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 68 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 26 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 17 |
| Other causes | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Fireworks | 10 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 553 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 April 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 250 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 124 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 114 |
| 30 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 122 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | PLEASANT VALLEY |
| 14 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 57 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2019 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 28 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SCHULTZ |
| 8 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HWY GG |
Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.
The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 317 reports for this county, causing 7 deaths, 24 injuries and about $23,786,000 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.
| Kind of event | Reports |
|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 136 |
| Hail | 126 |
| Tornado | 24 |
| Flash Flood | 17 |
| Heavy Rain | 6 |
| Funnel Cloud | 4 |
| Lightning | 2 |
| Flood | 2 |
The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1958 | Tornado (F4) | not stated | 4 killed, 3 hurt, $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| July 1980 | Tornado (F3) | not stated | 1 killed, 10 hurt, $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| July 1971 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | 1 killed, 2 hurt, $250,000 | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Flash Flood | Eau Claire | 1 killed, 1 hurt, $3,300,000 | Motorist drove around police barricades with vehicle and driver subsequently falling into sinkhole. The Eau Claire Leader-Telegram cited 159 reports of residential damage, and 10 reports of damage to businesses in Eau Claire County. Estimated damages within the city of 1.5 million according to the Public Works director, and another 1.8 million to county property, according to Emergency Management. Rainfall totalled 7.90 inches at the Eau Claire airport, while the NWS cooperative observer 3 miles southwest of Eau Claire measured 5.83 inches rainfall. |
| May 1953 | Tornado (F4) | not stated | 5 hurt, $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eau Claire | 1 hurt, $100,000 | Multiple trees were blown down across the city of Eau Claire. it affected the Blue Ox Festival where trees fell on cars and camper trailers. One person was injured by a fallen tree at the festival. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eau Claire | 1 hurt | A large tree was uprooted and landed on a camper. An individual inside the camper was injured. |
| August 2005 | Lightning | Eau Claire | 1 hurt | A 54-year-old man was struck by lightning on Menomonie Street while unhooking a chain from a truck at a business. He was transported to a local hospital for observation after "feeling hot", but was otherwise uninjured. |
| September 1982 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| September 1982 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| June 1979 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| September 2016 | Flash Flood | Eau Claire | $660,000 | Widespread flooding occurred in the city of Eau Claire. 45 homes and businesses sustained minor damage, and 5 sustained major damage due to the flood waters. In addition, a mudslide occurred near Highway 53, on the north side of Eau Claire. Total damages were estimated at $300,000 in the private sector, and $360,000 in the public sector for roads, bridges, and trails infrastructure. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $592,000 | Half of a chimney was blown off a house and several trees and power lines were downed in Eau Claire. Trees that were uprooted on Jefferson Street, Farwell Street, Mars Avenue, State Street, West Lexington Street, Skeels Avenue, Agres Street, Powell Drive, Taft Avenue, and Keys Street were between 1 and 2 feet in diameter. Two downed trees damaged cars. One home at the intersection of Powell Drive and Hawkins Avenue had a large branch puncture the roof in several locations. The branch also damaged the living room ceiling. Four miles northeast of Eau Claire on County Road Q trees in excess of 10 inches in diameter were damaged, power lines and street signs were damaged, and a pole shed suffered structural damage. Scattered trees and power lines were also downed elsewhere across the county, including in Augusta. Some downed trees damaged houses and vehicles. In Washington an ice fishing shack was blown into the back of a Sheriff's Department squad car, shattering the car's rear window and denting the truck lid. In rural Fall Creek a Quonset-style barn was thrown into the air and smashed into a silo. On the same property a barn was demolished, two sides of a pole barn were downed, and the roof of a farmhouse was damaged. Total property damage at the rural Fall Creek site was estimated at $22,000. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eau Claire | $500,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eau Claire | $467,000 | Damage estimate for entire county. |
| September 2015 | Flash Flood | Cleghorn | $300,000 | Local officials reported several roads closed across southern Eau Claire County due to excessive rainfall, with amounts of 3 to 5 inches in a 3 hour period. Several culverts were damaged along Highway 53 and Highway 12 near Augusta. State officials estimated that there was about $300,000 in road damage in Eau Claire County. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eau Claire | $250,000 | Widespread tree and power line damage occurred in the northwest side of Eau Claire. A trained spotter in his truck had severe straight line winds move it approximately four feet. The hardest hit area was around Carson Park and the Lakeview Cemetery where over 2000 soft and hardwood healthy trees were blown down. There were some residential areas that were affected by fallen trees and other debris which damaged their homes and cars. Plus, a 200 foot radio tower was blown down. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Augusta | $250,000 | An EF-1 tornado, with maximum wind speeds of 90 to 100 mph, occurred along a path from northwest of Augusta to north of Augusta, Wisconsin. Numerous trees and power poles were snapped, along with an outbuilding destroyed, and three other outbuildings significantly damaged. |
| July 2006 | Flash Flood | Eau Claire | $250,000 | Cars stalled in one to two feet of water between Eau Claire and Altoona near Fairfax street. Boat floated off of trailer. Portion of one thousand foot storm sewer pipe near UW-Eau Claire collapsed. |
| July 1983 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| July 1980 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Augusta | $200,000 | An EF-1 tornado, with maximum wind speeds of 95 to 105 mph occurred from approximately 5 miles southwest of Augusta, to 3.5 miles southwest of Augusta, Wisconsin. Two farmsteads were directly impacted with severe tree damage around the homes. One farmstead had their garage completely destroyed along with a barn heavily damaged. |
| August 2009 | Flash Flood | Shawtown | $150,000 | The local law enforcement officials reported that Lowes Road, along Lowes Creek, was washed out just outside of Eau Claire, Wisconsin city limits. |
| June 2015 | Lightning | Eau Claire | $108,000 | During the early morning hours of Monday, June 8th, lightning struck a home in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. It caused extensive damage, but no one was hurt. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eau Claire | $100,000 | Several pictures from social media showed large trees blown down from the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire campus, south and east across the southern part of the city. A few trees landed on homes and caused damage to their roofs. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Foster | $100,000 | Severe straight line winds produced damage to a outbuilding, pole barn, and a house near County Road V and VV, west of Augusta. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eau Claire | $100,000 | Several large trees were blown down in Eau Claire, causing roof damage to a few homes. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strader | $100,000 | A large area of downburst winds, with gusts of 90 mph, occurred north of Osseo, northward along County Road R, then northeast to around Augusta, Wisconsin, and accompanied the two EF-1 tornadoes near Augusta. A farmstead just east of County Road R, and north of Osseo, was heavily damaged. In addition, several outbuildings were damaged, along with numerous power poles and trees snapped from the damaging downburst path that was estimated between 10 to 12 miles long. Some homes had minor damage to shingles. |
| August 2002 | Flash Flood | West Portion | $100,000 | Seven inches of rain fell during the day, capped with two to three inches within one hour in Eau Claire as the flooding commenced. Numerous roads were flooded making travel impossible. About ten vehicles in Eau Claire were stranded, and a few township roads east and south of Eau Claire were partially washed out. Evacuations took place at a trailer park and apartment complex in Eau Claire. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eau Claire | $73,000 | Trees and power lines down. Estimated windspeed. Damage estimate for entire county. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eau Claire | $50,000 | Spotters reported several trees down, and there was a picture of a large tree uprooted south of North High School in Eau Claire. Other damage was noted to the high school tennis court fence that was blown down. Other small trees and limbs were blown down around the vicinity of the high school. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Eau Claire | $50,000 | Very heavy rainfall in a short period of time caused a mudslide on Highway 53 just south of the Eau Claire/Chippewa county line. The southbound lanes were closed for about three hours as crews removed more than 30 truckloads of soil. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Eau Claire | $50,000 | Significant street flooding occurred in the City of Eau Claire. Several cars stalled as they tried to move across flooded roadways. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eau Claire | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Eau Claire | $25,000 | Large hail damaged a few cars in Eau Claire. |
| July 1983 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 1980 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Augusta | $15,000 | Numerous trees down, including a few on vehicles |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Altoona | $5,000 | A large tree branch blew off a tree and landed on a car. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Altoona | $5,000 | A tree fell on a house and vehicle east of Eau Claire, near Altoona. |
| July 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Augusta | $5,000 | A brief tornado touched down near the intersection of County Road VV and Senske Road, approximately 4.3 miles west-southwest of Augusta. The tornado only lasted a minute causing damage to apple trees, large oak trees and a nearby corn field as it moved southeast for approximately 1/4 mile. A storm chaser took video of the tornado. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shawtown | $5,000 | Several windows were blown out from a business on the south side of Eau Claire, Wisconsin. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eau Claire | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Foster | $3,000 | Several large trees were blown down along Highway 53, south of Foster. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilson | $3,000 | Several large trees were blown down in the town of Wilson. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eau Claire | $3,000 | A few trees were blown down in the City of Eau Claire. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairchild | $3,000 | Several large trees were blown down in Fairchild. |
| June 1974 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $2,500 | no account filed |
| September 1970 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $2,500 | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allen | $1,000 | An 18 inch diameter tree was blown down southwest of Allen. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Foster | $1,000 | A large tree was blown down east of Foster. |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $1,000 | Water was hub cap deep at multiple intersections in Eau Claire. A total of 3.04 inches of rain was recorded. |
| October 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fall Creek | $1,000 | Roof blown off pole shed. |
| April 2026 | Flash Flood | Cleghorn | - | Trained spotter reported water flowing over the roadway along Lowes Creek Rd just west of State Highway 93. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Cleghorn | - | Two rounds of hail fell near Deerfield Road south of Eau Claire over the course of about 15 minutes. The largest hail report was 2 inches in diameter around the intersection of Deerfield and State Highway 93. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Altoona | - | Two rounds of hail fell on the south side of Eau Claire near Golf Road. The largest report of 2.75 inches came from the WQOW studio around 4:18 PM. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Eau Claire | - | Several reports of large hail fell near US-35 between Eau Claire and Altoona. The largest report was up to 4 inches in diameter. There was also a report of damage to siding due to the large hail. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Eau Claire | - | Multiple reports of hail on the northeast side of Eau Claire along North Crossing. The largest report was up to 2.25 inches in diameter. |
| April 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Augusta | - | This tornado took part of the roof off of a barn. It also damaged a barn door and broke several trees. The maximum estimated wind speed was 80 mph. |
| April 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Fairchild | - | A short lived tornado moved mostly along County Road M. It took part of the roof off of an outbuilding at a farm. Some shingles were also torn off the roofs of several houses. Several hundred trees were broken before it dissipated just east of County Road H. The maximum estimated wind speed was 90 mph. |
The Survey's mineral resources record lists 20 workings inside this county. 8 still produce and 12 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.
| Commodity | Workings |
|---|---|
| Stone, Crushed/Broken | 10 |
| Sand and Gravel, Construction | 10 |
The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agnes Lisker Shale Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Brunswick Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Brunswick Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Cedar Road Shale Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Cleghorn Shale Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Eau Claire County Operations | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Eau Claire Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Eau Claire Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Eldore Henning Shale Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Fedie Shale Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Kopp Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Langdell Road Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Litchfield Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lowes Creek Road Shale Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Myren Road Dolomite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Old Town Road Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Pit Number 4 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Shawtown Plant No. 1 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Strader Shale Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Varlick Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
History of Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, Past and Present; Including an Account of the Cities, Towns and Villages of the County devotes a chapter to each township: its boundaries and streams, who settled it and when, the mills, the schools and the churches. All 5 are reproduced here in full. Each row shows the township's own shape and where it lies in the county, drawn from the Census Bureau's boundary. Which settlements belong to which township is computed from that same boundary, not taken from the book.
| Shape and position in the county | Township | Settlements in it | Length | Sections |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augusta City | Augusta | 7,191 words | 6 | |
| Bridge Creek Town | Hay Creek | 4,181 words | 1 | |
| Eau Claire City | Eau Claire, Putnam Heights, Shawtown, Terrace Hill, Union | 2,467 words | 2 | |
| Fairchild Village | Fairchild | 1,626 words | 1 | |
| Fall Creek Village | Fall Creek | 1,634 words | 0 |
One book written about this county, cut here where the book itself is cut, at its printed chapters: 39 chapters in all. Every chapter is public domain, machine-read from the scan and reproduced complete. A chapter already given under one of the county's towns is not repeated in this list.
Everyone History of Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, Past and Present; Including an Account of the Cities, Towns and Villages of the County stops to write about, with the section that describes them. Among them are the men who founded the place and governed the Territory. Each name opens the passage itself, in the words of 1914.
Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.
Altoona city · 54720 · On Fivemile Creek · Eau Claire East quadrangle
15 sheets, 1934 to 1985
Augusta city · 54722 · On First Trestle Creek · Augusta East quadrangle
12 sheets, 1935 to 1985
Eau Claire city · 54701 · On Eau Claire River · Eau Claire East quadrangle
15 sheets, 1934 to 1985
Drammen town · 54755 · Mondovi NE quadrangle
11 sheets, 1932 to 1985
No longer a settlement
Drammen town · 54755 · Mondovi NE quadrangle
11 sheets, 1932 to 1985
No longer a settlement
Eau Claire city · 54701 · On Little Niagara Creek · Eau Claire East quadrangle
15 sheets, 1934 to 1985
Seymour town · 54703 · On Fivemile Creek · Eau Claire East quadrangle
15 sheets, 1934 to 1985
Eau Claire city · 54703 · Near Mount Washington · Eau Claire West quadrangle
14 sheets, 1934 to 1985
Eau Claire city · 54703 · On Otter Creek · Eau Claire East quadrangle
15 sheets, 1934 to 1985
The vanished settlements of Eau Claire County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.
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