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Eidsvold, Wisconsin

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Thorp town. It lies in ZIP code area 54768. It stands on Goggle-Eye Creek. The Survey maps it on the Thorp quadrangle. It stands 1,129 feet above sea level.

Eidsvold within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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.

In the county-history sources

2,050 words on this township

History of Clark County Wisconsin, published 1918 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Thorp Town covers the township.

Read the chapter on Thorp Town - 2,050 words.

Fires near this place

15 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Eidsvold between 1996 and 2020, burning about 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning7
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
4 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018031
30 July 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources186
6 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018016
5 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources8020
5 May 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources8220
5 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1918
5 May 2018Debris and open burning1.2 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesPIGEON
25 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018021

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Eidsvold: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hazuga PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Plautz Brothers, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clark County

Storms near this place

5 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eidsvold in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
September 2016Flash FloodEidsvold$1,800,000Flooding from the South Branch of O'Neill Creek covered County Highway Y south of Chili. Standing water covered State Highway 73 in Christie. The emergency manager reported around 65 locations across the county had water over the road or culverts washed out. Fifteen homes were damaged by the flooding. A state of emergency was declared for the entire county.
December 2021Tornado (EF2)Eidsvold$120,000This EF2 tornado developed in Chippewa County and crossed into Clark County after moving through Stanley. After moving into Clark County, the tornado moved across rural areas damaging farm outbuildings and trees.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindEidsvold$60,000County dispatch reported power lines down in Thorp.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindEidsvold$10,000Law enforcement officials reported a barn and power lines were blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts. Damage was reported at three residences just south of Cloverdale Road.
May 2014FloodEidsvold-Heavy rain across the southern part of Clark County produced a few short stretches where water went over some roads.

Every storm recorded in Clark 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
Eadsville (historical)3.2 miles6
Thorp3.5 miles11
Junction3.7 miles6
Worden (historical)5.4 miles11
Reseburg6.6 miles11
Lombard6.8 miles11
Clark11.9 miles7
Withee14.3 miles11

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 EidsvoldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5348838The 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 1577586. 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.