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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.

Little Falls within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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.

Fires near this place

14 since 2002

Regional 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/undetermined10
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

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
17 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources43
4 June 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources186
6 May 2019Debris and open burning15 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1924648
4 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources3919
24 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources215
18 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources205
17 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19G0118
12 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources195

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Amery Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Amery PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Apple River Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Apple River Sand Deposit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Benjamin Boe Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Eng PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fred Wittstock Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jacobson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lincoln Lake Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Merle G Jacobson Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Polk County

Storms near this place

4 since 2012

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2024Thunderstorm WindLittle Falls-A tree was snapped.
July 2024HailLittle Falls-The hail damaged crops.
June 2015Tornado (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 2012Thunderstorm WindLittle Falls-A large tree was blown down southwest of Little Falls.

Every storm recorded in Polk 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
Deronda2.1 miles13
Amery3.8 miles14
Wanderoos4.7 miles13
Clear Lake8.0 miles14
Ubet8.1 miles22
Horse Creek8.8 miles22
Nye9.0 miles22
Sand Lake9.9 miles22

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 FallsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6649954The 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.