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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.

Union within Eau Claire County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

22 since 2018

Regional 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/undetermined16
Debris and open burning3
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
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
7 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources195158
7 July 2018Smoking1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources184959
31 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources204
25 June 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources214
6 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources111

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Eau Claire County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bloomer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Brunswick PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Chippewa County OperationsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Custer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
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
Shawtown Plant No. 1 PitSand 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
Shawtown3.4 miles14
Eau Claire3.5 miles15
Putnam Heights4.7 miles15
Terrace Hill4.9 miles15
Altoona6.2 miles15
Seymour6.3 miles15
Mount Hope Corners7.6 miles11
Oak Grove (historical)12.2 miles11

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 UnionAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7885336The 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.