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Pinehurst, Wisconsin

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Eau Claire City. It lies in ZIP code area 54703. The Survey maps it on the Eau Claire East quadrangle.

Pinehurst within Chippewa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

61 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Pinehurst between 1992 and 2020, burning about 62 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Debris and open burning13
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism2
Other causes2
Fireworks1

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
28 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources3070
20 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesSEVEN MILE LANDFILL FIRE
17 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources186901
17 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources186221
12 August 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chippewa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Pinehurst: 5 producers, 5 unknowns, 1 past producer. 5 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
Bloomer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Brunswick PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Chippewa County OperationsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Eau Claire PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Hallie PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kopp PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Litchfield PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pit #7Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Plant No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
T Pit Menard PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Chippewa 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
Lake Hallie1.7 miles15
Hallie2.3 miles15
Irvine5.2 miles15
Chippewa Falls6.6 miles15
Howard7.5 miles13
Norma8.1 miles14
Old Albertville9.1 miles13
Pine Grove9.3 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1571527. 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.