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Beldenville, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Trimbelle town. It lies in ZIP code area 54003. It stands on Goose Creek. The Survey maps it on the River Falls East quadrangle.

Beldenville within Pierce County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

3 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Beldenville between 1993 and 2018, burning about 62 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
28 April 2018Debris and open burning60 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources91
25 April 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources90
6 October 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pierce County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Beldenville: 25 past producers, 8 occurrences, 4 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Stone. 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
Lindgren QuarryStoneUnknown
Goose Creek Clay DepositClayOccurrence
Trimbelle River Clay DepositClayOccurrence
Beldenville Pass Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ellsworth Limestone Quarry #1Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ellsworth Limestone Quarry #2Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ellsworth Limestone Quarry #3Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pechacek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Spring Creek Dolomite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Svec QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pierce County

Storms near this place

7 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beldenville in 7 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 3 tornado, 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 2010Tornado (EF2)Beldenville$500,000Several barns and sheds were destroyed, and structural damage was noted at some homes. Many trees were broken or snapped. This tornado was accompanied by strong rear flank downdraft winds, which also knocked down trees and damaged some sheds.
August 2024Tornado (EF0)Beldenville-The tornado damaged a couple hundred trees along a sporadic path. It also hit a house, removing part of its roof with pole barn type construction, and one wall collapsed.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindBeldenville-Photos provided via social media of several trees down in the village of Beldenville.
June 2017Tornado (EF1)Beldenville-The tornado moved across a rural area, hitting a few farms. Trees were uprooted or snapped, homes sustained roof damage, a truck was flipped, and barns were significantly damaged.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindBeldenville-A few trees were blown down north of Ellsworth, Wisconsin.
April 2017HailBeldenville-no account filed
April 1994HailBeldenville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pierce 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
Morton Corner2.2 miles11
Evergreen Estates2.7 miles15
Ellsworth3.1 miles15
East Ellsworth3.5 miles15
Trimbelle4.8 miles14
Lawton4.9 miles11
Ottman Corners4.9 miles14
Moeville6.0 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1561513. 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.