Jim Falls, Wisconsin — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Jim Falls, Chippewa County.
| City | Jim Falls |
| State | Wisconsin (WI) |
| County | Chippewa |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 45.04524 |
| Longitude | -91.272929 |
| Population | 339 |
| Density | 157.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
Jim Falls is a locality in Chippewa County, Wisconsin, United States. It is a small community with a population of 339. The population density is 157.3 people per km². Jim Falls is located at 45.0452°N, 91.2729°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 54748.
Jim Falls sprawls across a landscape shaped by the patient hand of water and ice. It lies 1.8 miles south-south-east of Chippewa, WI (from Chippewa, WI: bearing 148°T), and is situated 9.5 miles north-east of Chippewa Falls. Rolling hills, remnants of ancient glacial deposits, give way to the fertile floodplains of the Chippewa River, its waters a perpetual, glinting ribbon through the green. Pine and oak forests, thick and hushed, cloak the higher ground, their scent mingling with the damp earth and the distant perfume of ripening corn. The air here carries a particular coolness, even in summer, a whisper of the northern woods that press close, and in the early mornings, a fine mist often hangs low, softening the edges of the world and lending a quiet dignity to the farmsteads scattered across the fields. The story of Jim Falls is deeply entwined with the power of the Chippewa River and the bounty of its watershed. Logging once dominated the economy, with massive rafts of timber making their way downstream, a testament to the raw, untamed nature of this region in its early days. Today, agriculture holds sway, with dairy farms and cash crops defining the economic pulse, their fields a checkerboard of green and gold under the vast, generous sky. The presence of the Jim Falls dam, a sturdy concrete sentinel, hints at the ongoing harnessing of the river's might, a modern chapter in a long history of human interaction with this place, a place where the echoes of the past are carried on the breeze that rustles through the tall grasses.
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This page provides an interactive Google map of Jim Falls, Wisconsin with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Jim Falls and Chippewa County. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Jim Falls is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Jim Falls is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |