Jacksonville, Wisconsin
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Adrian town. It lies in ZIP code area 54660. It lies near Stevens Valley. The Survey maps it on the Tomah quadrangle. It stands 1,020 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1916 USGS Tomah quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Tomah quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Tomah NE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Tomah quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sparta quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
169 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 169 fires within 5 miles of Jacksonville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 229 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 33 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | TRUCK FIRE |
| 22 August 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | ANGRY SNAPPING TURTLE |
| 21 August 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.5 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | FLATIRON AVE #2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Jacksonville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacobs Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tomah | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Tunnel City | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| North Tomah | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Spring Bank Park | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Scotts Junction (historical) | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Norwalk | 9.0 miles | 11 | |
| Oakdale | 9.3 miles | 13 | |
| Kirby | 9.6 miles | 14 |
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 Jacksonville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6117910 | 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 1846224. 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.








