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Cedar Falls, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Red Cedar town. It lies in ZIP code area 54751. The Survey maps it on the Menomonie North quadrangle.

Cedar Falls within Dunn 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

12 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Falls between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 were 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
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking1
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
16 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1745
3 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1112
5 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources931
13 May 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1151
12 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources946
11 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources939
28 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources883
23 April 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources853

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dunn County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Cedar Falls: 6 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Industrial/Frac Sand, Clay. 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
Lambs Creek Clay DepositClayOccurrence
Menomonie MineSand and Gravel, Industrial/Frac SandProducer
Own CrewsStoneUnknown
Cedar Falls Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dunn Cnty Hwy Dept. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lake Menomin Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Lake Menomin Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Menomonie Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Menomonie Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Menomonie Junction Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dunn County

Storms near this place

14 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cedar Falls in 14 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 2011Thunderstorm WindCedar Falls$10,000An 8 inch diameter tree was toppled along with some power lines blown down.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindCedar Falls-Ten-inch diameter tree snapped from strong thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindCedar Falls-A few trees were blown down west of Cedar Falls.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindCedar Falls-A few trees were blown down, including one that was 16 inches in diameter, north of Cedar Falls.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindCedar Falls-A large tree blew down and blocked part of County Road BB and 500th Street north of Menomonie.
August 2010Heavy RainCedar Falls-An observer reported 6.00 inches of rainfall overnight.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindCedar Falls-A 2 foot diameter tree was downed.
September 2000Flash FloodCedar Falls-From 2030 to 2115, 2.15 inches of rain fell at Cedar Falls. NWS cooperative observers measured totals of 4.39 inches at Menomonie and 3.48 inches at Cedar Falls. Several intersections and basements in Menomonie were flooded.
May 2022HailCedar Falls-no account filed
August 2018HailCedar Falls-no account filed
April 2012HailCedar Falls-no account filed
May 2011HailCedar Falls-no account filed
May 2008HailCedar Falls-no account filed
May 2008HailCedar Falls-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dunn 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
Menomonie Junction2.6 miles12
Rusk3.3 miles12
North Menomonie3.6 miles12
Tainter Lake4.2 miles12
Menomonie4.6 miles12
Norton6.2 miles7
Wheeler7.6 miles7
Irvington7.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1562842. 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.