BlockBlackwell Junction, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Blackwell town. It lies in ZIP code area 54541. It stands on Kokots Creek. The Survey maps it on the Laona quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1939 USGS Laona quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Laona quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Laona quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
44 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Blackwell Junction between 1992 and 2018, burning about 49 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | JUNCTION |
| 18 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.4 acres | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | OLD FARM |
| 1 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | MIKO'S |
| 13 August 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | HIGHWAY 8 WEST |
| 10 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | CONNER FARM |
| 7 July 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | SHOEMAKER |
| 11 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | WEST SHORE |
| 9 June 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | BLACKWELL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Blackwell Junction: 7 past producers, 7 occurrences. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birch Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Camp Twenty Creek Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Camp Twenty Creek Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Eugene Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kokots Creek Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Little Birch Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Rat River Gravel Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Round Creek Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Round Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Scattered Rice Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1578809. 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.