Eagleton, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Eagle Point town. It stands on McCann Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bloomer quadrangle. It stands 991 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1949 USGS Bloomer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Bloomer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Bloomer quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Bloomer quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
40 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Eagleton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 46 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 5619 |
| 27 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | ANGRY FORESTER FIRE |
| 12 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 July 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | POWERLINE SPRUCE |
| 12 July 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 June 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BARN |
| 4 May 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.3 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Eagleton: 5 producers, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th 124 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| A.E. Stelter Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bloomer Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Chippewa County Operations | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Koch Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Peterson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eagleton in 6 storm reports between 2004 and 2021: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagleton | - | The local emergency manager, and several other county officials indicated that the path of blown down trees continued across portions of northern, and central Chippewa County between Bloomer, and Otter Lake in the east. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagleton | - | Several trees and a fence were damaged north of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. |
| July 2015 | Heavy Rain | Eagleton | - | A measured rainfall report of 5.67 inches occurred east of Eagleton. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Eagleton | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Eagleton | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Eagleton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Point | 2.0 miles | 9 | |
| Tilden | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Bloomer | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Jim Falls | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Norma | 7.6 miles | 14 | |
| Anson | 7.7 miles | 14 | |
| Chippewa Falls | 8.5 miles | 15 | |
| Irvine | 9.4 miles | 15 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Eagleton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5325398 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1564263. 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.





