Pine Creek, Wisconsin
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Trempealeau town. It lies in ZIP code area 54661. It stands on Tamarack Creek. The Survey maps it on the Winona East quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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 Fountain City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1934 USGS Winona quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1937 USGS Winona quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Winona East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Winona quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
4,024 words on this townshipHistory of Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, published 1917 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Trempealeau Town covers the township.
Read the chapter on Trempealeau Town - 4,024 words.
Fires near this place
19 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Pine Creek (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 77 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Trempeleau National Wildlife Refuge | BFC |
| 15 June 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 14 |
| 9 April 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Pine Creek (historical): 14 past producers, 4 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Losinski Shale Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Big Bend Shale Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Bluff Siding Dolomite Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Bluff Siding Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Bork Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Buffalo Ridge Dolomite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Buffalo Ridge Limestone Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| C Carhart Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| F Klein Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| F Klein Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Prairie | 0.8 miles | 18 | |
| Wrights Corners | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Centerville | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Dodge | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Pine Creek | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Trempealeau | 6.1 miles | 11 | |
| Tamarack | 8.9 miles | 11 | |
| Galesville | 9.7 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1851150. 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.







