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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 12 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.
- 1946 USGS River Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS River Falls quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS River Falls East quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Hastings quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Hastings quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 1993Regional 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 burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 91 |
| 25 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 90 |
| 6 October 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 37 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindgren Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Goose Creek Clay Deposit | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Trimbelle River Clay Deposit | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Beldenville Pass Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ellsworth Limestone Quarry #1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ellsworth Limestone Quarry #2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ellsworth Limestone Quarry #3 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Pechacek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Spring Creek Dolomite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Svec Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2010 | Tornado (EF2) | Beldenville | $500,000 | Several 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 2024 | Tornado (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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beldenville | - | Photos provided via social media of several trees down in the village of Beldenville. |
| June 2017 | Tornado (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 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beldenville | - | A few trees were blown down north of Ellsworth, Wisconsin. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Beldenville | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Beldenville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morton Corner | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Evergreen Estates | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Ellsworth | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| East Ellsworth | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Trimbelle | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Lawton | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Ottman Corners | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Moeville | 6.0 miles | 14 |
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.








