Johnstown, Wisconsin

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Utica town. It lies in ZIP code area 54655. It lies in Johnstown Valley. The Survey maps it on the Gays Mills quadrangle.

Johnstown within Crawford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 10 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.

1924 USGS Gays Mills quadrangle1:62500
1926 USGS Gays Mills quadrangle1:62500
1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
1966 USGS Gays Mills quadrangle1:62500
1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Gays Mills quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Richland Center quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

51 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Johnstown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 145 acres in total. None 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	29
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Recreation and ceremony	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Arson/incendiarism	1
Smoking	1
Other causes	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
3 July 2012	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	FRANK ROAD FIRE
24 July 2014	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	B AND C FIRE
19 June 2003	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	not named
22 May 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	NO TILL FIRE
2 May 2009	Debris and open burning	4.9 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	TURKEY RIDGE FIRE
9 April 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	not named
8 April 2011	Debris and open burning	1.2 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	HESTETUNE MESH FIRE
8 April 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	1.6 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crawford County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Johnstown: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Judy Smith Quarry	Stone	Unknown
Cain Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Edward Kraemer and Sons, Inc.	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Fairview Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Crawford 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Pine Knob	2.6 miles	10
Towerville	3.2 miles	10
Yankeetown	3.2 miles	10
Gays Mills	3.5 miles	10
Fairview	4.6 miles	10
Soldiers Grove	4.8 miles	10
Mount Sterling	5.3 miles	10
Bell Center	5.5 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2760639. 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.