Frenchville, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Gale town. It lies in ZIP code area 54627. It stands on French Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ettrick quadrangle. It stands 741 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1929 USGS Galesville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Ettrick quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Winona quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Frenchville between 2000 and 2020, burning about 1,215 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/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 428181 |
| 26 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 14 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 426181 |
| 1 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,200 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1803075 |
| 20 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 320181 |
| 17 October 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1017201 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Frenchville: 22 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| A Brovold Shale Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| A Irvine Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| A Rosenvold Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| A Solberg Dolomite Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Becker Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Blankenhorn Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Butman Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| C Hovell Shale Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| C Sahlstrom Dolomite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Frenchville in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2018: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2018 | Flood | Frenchville | $15,000 | Runoff from heavy rains pushed a few streams out of their banks across central Trempealeau County. The flooding closed County Highways T, W and NN and a few township roads. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frenchville | $1,000 | Trees were blown down north of Galesville. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Frenchville | - | The public reported the ground covered by nickel to pea size hail and leaves shredded off of plants. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ettrick | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Iduna | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Upper French Creek | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Galesville | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Butman Corners | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Chapultepee | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Beachs Corners | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Tamarack | 6.9 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 Frenchville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5502760 | 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 1565318. 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.





