Johnsburg, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Taycheedah town. It lies in ZIP code area 53049. The Survey maps it on the Brothertown quadrangle. It stands 945 feet above sea level.
On record in Johnsburg
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
St. John the Baptist Catholic Churchlisted 1980
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1910 USGS Fond du Lac quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Fond Du Lac quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Brothertown quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Fond Du Lac quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Brothertown quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
6,126 words on this townshipThe History of Fond Du Lac County, Wisconsin, published 1880; Fond Du Lac County, Wisconsin, Past and Present, published 1912 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Taycheedah Town covers the township.
Read the chapter on Taycheedah Town - 6,126 words.
Fires near this place
7 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Johnsburg in 2018, burning about 30 acres in total. None 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/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018053 |
| 24 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018057 |
| 18 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018040 |
| 1 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018037 |
| 30 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 38 |
| 30 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018036 |
| 25 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018035 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Johnsburg: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silica Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Abler Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Elmer Fuhrmann Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| John L. Schmitz Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Johnsburg in 4 storm reports between 2014 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnsburg | $10,000 | Two electrical wooden poles blown over by downburst winds. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnsburg | $5,000 | A storage shed was destroyed. |
| August 2021 | Heavy Rain | Johnsburg | - | Some flooding of roads in the Marytown area. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Johnsburg | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malone | 1.2 miles | 12 | |
| Pipe | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Calvary | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Winnebago Heights | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Highland Park | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Silica | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Calumet Harbor | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Winnebago Park | 3.4 miles | 12 |
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 Johnsburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6268089 | 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 1567207. 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.






