BlockJohnson, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Easton town. The Survey maps it on the Hogarty quadrangle. It stands 1,437 feet above sea level.
On record in Johnson
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Dells of the Eau Claire County Parklisted 2016 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1899 USGS Wausau quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Wausau quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Doering quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Hogarty quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Merrill quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
53 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Johnson between 1994 and 2019, burning about 161 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HIGHWAY Y #1 |
| 6 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HIGHWAY Y #3 |
| 6 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HIGHWAY Y #2 |
| 9 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | WARM SPRING DAY |
| 4 June 2019 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BEAR LAKE |
| 2 June 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 June 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 12 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Johnson: 10 past producers, 7 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reef Gold Deposit | Gold | Prospect | Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrrhotite | |
| Arthur Weden Granite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Dale Keen Granite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hogarty Granite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mildred Walters Granite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Red Granite Road Granite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Strycharski Granite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Woodland Drive Granite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Donald Thompson Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Emil Hasse Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
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.
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 Johnson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6268165 | 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 1844167. 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.