Fall Hall Glen, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Manchester town. It lies in ZIP code area 54615. It stands on Stony Creek. The Survey maps it on the Shamrock quadrangle. It stands 784 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1928 USGS Melrose quadrangle1:48000
- 1949 USGS Melrose quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Shamrock quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Black River Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
88 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Fall Hall Glen between 1992 and 2018, burning about 248 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 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 | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Other causes | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 September 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 August 2015 | Other causes | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | THUNDERCLOUD |
| 25 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.1 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HAWK ISLAND FIRE |
| 2 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | LINE FIRE |
| 17 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.5 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Fall Hall Glen: 1 producer. All of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Potter Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fall Hall Glen in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2016: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood. 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fall Hall Glen | $2,000 | Several trees were blown down south of Black River Falls. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fall Hall Glen | $2,000 | A cabin at the Wisconsin Christian Youth Camp was damaged by strong thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2013 | Flood | Fall Hall Glen | - | Hawk Island Road in the Town of Manchester was closed starting in April until May 9th due to flooding and high water on the Black River. |
| April 2013 | Flood | Fall Hall Glen | - | Hawk Island Road in the Town of Manchester was closed from April 11th into May due to flooding and high water on the Black River. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shamrock | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Irving | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Charter Oak Mills (historical) | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Sheppard | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Brockway | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Black River Falls | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Vaudreuil | 7.8 miles | 13 | |
| Melrose | 9.5 miles | 11 |
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 Fall Hall Glen | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5432042 | 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 1564843. 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.






