Jersey City, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Tomahawk City. It lies in ZIP code area 54487. It stands on Tomahawk River. The Survey maps it on the Tomahawk quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1950 USGS Tomahawk quadrangle1:48000
- 1952 USGS Tomahawk quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Tomahawk quadrangle1:62500
- 1982 USGS Tomahawk quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Merrill quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
110 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Jersey City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 74 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | TANNERY ROAD |
| 21 August 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | CRASS ROAD |
| 14 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | THEISEN ROAD |
| 31 July 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 July 2010 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SPIRIT HAVEN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Jersey City: 1 prospect, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Copper, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawk Propsect | Zinc, Copper | Prospect | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Electrum, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Tomahawk Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Tomahawk Sand and Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jersey City in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2017: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Hail | Jersey City | - | Quarter size hail fell near Tomahawk. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jersey City | - | Thunderstorm winds downed tree limbs and power lines near County Road A. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tomahawk | 1.3 miles | 9 | |
| West Kraft | 2.7 miles | 9 | |
| Bradley | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Heafford Junction | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Gilbert | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| McCord | 9.5 miles | 10 | |
| Irma | 10.1 miles | 9 | |
| Harrison | 12.6 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1567167. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






