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Allen, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Clear Creek town. It lies in ZIP code area 54770. The Survey maps it on the Brackett quadrangle.

Allen within Eau Claire County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

7 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Allen between 2018 and 2020, burning about 2 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
31 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources205237
26 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2020040
1 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources204370
10 June 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources87
5 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesF18-44
12 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources116
12 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources117

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Eau Claire County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Allen: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cleghorn Shale QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Eldore Henning Shale QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Myren Road Dolomite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Eau Claire County

Storms near this place

6 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Allen in 6 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2021Thunderstorm WindAllen$1,000An 18 inch diameter tree was blown down southwest of Allen.
June 2020Flash FloodAllen-Several roads became impassable during this flash flooding event, including County Road D by Marshall Road where the Beaver Creek went out of its banks.
September 2015Flash FloodAllen-Flood waters covered the intersection of Route D and Route HH near Clear Creek.
May 2002HailAllen-no account filed
June 2000HailAllen-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindAllen-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Eau Claire County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Nix Corner1.5 miles12
Green Acres2.6 miles12
Brackett2.9 miles12
Foster3.2 miles12
Cleghorn3.5 miles12
Hale Corner4.8 miles12
Fall Creek8.5 miles14
Rodell10.3 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1560767. 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.