page_title: Eau Claire, Wisconsin
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Eau Claire, Wisconsin / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Water Street, w:en:Eau Claire, Wisconsin
context_page_description: Eau Claire is a city in Chippewa and Eau Claire counties in the west-central part of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Located almost entirely in Eau Claire County, for which it is the county seat, the city had a population of 65,883 at the 2010 census, making it the state's ninth-largest city. Eau Claire is the principal city of the Eau Claire, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a part of the Eau Claire-Menomonie Combined Statistical Area.
context_section_description: Eau Claire is located at 44°49′N 91°30′W, (44.8146, −91.4927) approximately 90 miles (145 kilometers) east of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. The city is located on the northern fringes of the Driftless Zone.
  According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 34.14 square miles (88.42 km²), of which 32.04 square miles (82.98 km²) is land and 2.10 square miles (5.44 km²) is water.
  The terrain of the city is characterized by the river valleys, with steep slopes leading from the center to the eastern and southern sections of the city. The lands into which the urban area is currently expanding are increasingly hilly.
  There are two lakes in the city, Dells Pond and Half Moon Lake. Dells Pond is a reservoir created by a hydroelectric dam, and was formerly used as a holding pool for logs. Half Moon Lake is an oxbow lake created as part of the former course of the Chippewa River.
caption: Water Street historic district
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