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Terrace Hill, 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. It stands on Otter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Eau Claire East quadrangle.

Terrace Hill within Eau Claire 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.

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

89 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Terrace Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 57 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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/undetermined34
Debris and open burning17
Equipment and vehicle use10
Fireworks6
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking3
Other causes3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
10 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesSEYMOUR NIGHT FIRE

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 Terrace Hill: 7 producers, 5 unknowns, 1 past producer. 7 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
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
Hallie PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kopp PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Litchfield PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Plant No. 2Sand 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
Seymour1.5 miles15
Altoona1.8 miles15
Eau Claire2.3 miles15
Putnam Heights3.2 miles15
Shawtown4.7 miles14
Union4.9 miles14
Mount Hope Corners8.6 miles11
Cleghorn10.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2555274. 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.