Little Falls, Wisconsin
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Alden town. It lies in ZIP code area 54001. It stands on Parker Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wapogasset Lake quadrangle. It stands 1,017 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1950 USGS Balsam Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Balsam Lake SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Little Falls between 2002 and 2019, burning about 113 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 | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 43 |
| 4 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 186 |
| 6 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1924648 |
| 4 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 3919 |
| 24 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 215 |
| 18 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 205 |
| 17 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19G0118 |
| 12 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 195 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Little Falls: 9 past producers, 5 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amery Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Amery Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Apple River Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Apple River Sand Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Benjamin Boe Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Eng Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fred Wittstock Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Jacobson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lincoln Lake Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Merle G Jacobson Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
4 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Little Falls in 4 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Little Falls | - | A tree was snapped. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Little Falls | - | The hail damaged crops. |
| June 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Little Falls | - | A weak tornado touched down briefly, damaging several trees, a small lightweight greenhouse that was covered in plastic, and removed a few shingles from two outbuildings. The tornado moved into a field and dissipated. Winds were estimated at about 65 mph. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Little Falls | - | A large tree was blown down southwest of Little Falls. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deronda | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Amery | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Wanderoos | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Clear Lake | 8.0 miles | 14 | |
| Ubet | 8.1 miles | 22 | |
| Horse Creek | 8.8 miles | 22 | |
| Nye | 9.0 miles | 22 | |
| Sand Lake | 9.9 miles | 22 |
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 Little Falls | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6649954 | 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 1568259. 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.







