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Putnam Heights, 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 54701. It stands on Little Niagara Creek. The Survey maps it on the Eau Claire East quadrangle.

Putnam Heights within Eau Claire County

On record in Putnam Heights

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 11 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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.

In the county-history sources

2,467 words on this township

History of Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, Past and Present; Including an Account of the Cities, Towns and Villages of the County, published 1914 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Eau Claire City covers the township.

Read the chapter on Eau Claire City - 2,467 words.

Fires near this place

36 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Putnam Heights between 1994 and 2020, burning about 53 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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/undetermined18
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
17 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources186901
31 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources288
23 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources186221
8 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources580
7 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources195158
7 July 2018Smoking1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources184959
27 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources624

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Eau Claire County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Putnam Heights: 6 producers, 5 unknowns, 2 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Agnes Lisker Shale QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Old Town Road Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Bloomer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Brunswick PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Chippewa County OperationsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Eau Claire PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Eau Claire PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Kopp PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Litchfield PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pit Number 4Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Eau Claire 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
Eau Claire1.5 miles15
Shawtown2.2 miles14
Altoona3.0 miles15
Terrace Hill3.2 miles15
Seymour4.3 miles15
Union4.7 miles14
Mount Hope Corners5.4 miles11
Cleghorn8.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1846744. 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.