Union, Wisconsin
14 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 West quadrangle. It stands 909 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1934 USGS Elk Mound quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1936 USGS Elk Mound quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Eau Claire West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
2,467 words on this townshipHistory 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
22 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Union between 2018 and 2020, burning about 22 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/undetermined | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 186901 |
| 31 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 288 |
| 23 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 186221 |
| 7 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 195158 |
| 7 July 2018 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 184959 |
| 31 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 204 |
| 25 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 214 |
| 6 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 111 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Union: 7 producers, 5 unknowns. 7 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomer Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Brunswick Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Chippewa County Operations | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Custer Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Eau Claire Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Eau Claire Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Kopp Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Litchfield Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pit Number 4 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Shawtown Plant No. 1 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shawtown | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Eau Claire | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Putnam Heights | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Terrace Hill | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Altoona | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Seymour | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Mount Hope Corners | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Oak Grove (historical) | 12.2 miles | 11 |
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 Union | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7885336 | The 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 1578446. 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.






