Jimtown, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Akan town. It lies in ZIP code area 54655. The Survey maps it on the Mount Zion quadrangle. It stands 823 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 10 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.
- 1933 USGS Boaz quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Boaz quadrangle1:62500
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Mt. Zion quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Richland Center quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
58 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Jimtown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 145 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None 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 | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | 4.4 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | LIGHTNING FIRE |
| 8 June 1999 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 June 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 June 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | GOLDEN LANE |
| 9 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.3 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | WINTER LANE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Jimtown: 2 producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akan Township Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Bosstown 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bosstown | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Five Points | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Tavera | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Sylvan | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Mill Creek (historical) | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Wild Rose | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Boaz | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Sabin | 6.5 miles | 10 |
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 Jimtown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14714488 | 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 1577664. 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.







