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Johannesburg, Wisconsin

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Star Prairie town. It lies in ZIP code area 54025. The Survey maps it on the New Richmond North quadrangle. It stands 889 feet above sea level.

Johannesburg within St. Croix County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

15 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Johannesburg between 1998 and 2020, burning about 22 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Debris and open burning5
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
13 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources161
24 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources130
28 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources106
12 May 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources94
10 May 2019Debris and open burning6.8 acresSt. Croix Wetland Management DistrictCTY RD H
30 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources79
29 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources85
26 April 2020Natural1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20105

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Croix County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Johannesburg: 7 past producers, 5 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hatfield Lake Dolomite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Rivard QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Apple River Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Apple River Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Apple River Gravel Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Apple River Sand Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Apple River Sand Deposit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Apple River Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Johannesburg Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
L Allier PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in St. Croix County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Wall Street Village2.2 miles14
Huntington2.6 miles14
Star Prairie4.0 miles14
New Richmond4.2 miles14
Country View Court4.4 miles14
Riverside4.9 miles14
Somerset5.1 miles14
Stanton6.7 miles12

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.

Wikidata item Q14714490The 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 1581659. 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.