Junction, Wisconsin
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Thorp town. It lies in ZIP code area 54768. The Survey maps it on the Huron quadrangle. It stands 1,161 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 6 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.
- 1951 USGS Gilman quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Huron quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Medford quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
2,050 words on this townshipHistory of Clark County Wisconsin, published 1918 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Thorp Town covers the township.
Read the chapter on Thorp Town - 2,050 words.
Fires near this place
23 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 28 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 | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 186 |
| 2 July 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2016 | Natural | 5.3 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SUNSET |
| 6 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | FARMSTEAD |
| 5 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 8020 |
| 5 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 8220 |
| 5 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1918 |
| 5 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | PIGEON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Junction: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Browns Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hazuga Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| School Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
3 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Junction in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2019: 2 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2016 | Flood | Junction | $100,000 | Widespread flooding occurred across much of Clark County with numerous roads impassable. Emergency officials had to respond to two incidents where vehicles became stuck in the flood waters. One person had to be rescued from the waters but no injuries were reported. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Junction | $5,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down across Thorp Township, including the town of Thorp where the power was knocked out on the west side of town. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Junction | - | Runoff from melting snow caused flooding to occur along numerous streams across Clark County. Most county highways were impacted by water with numerous closures. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eadsville (historical) | 2.2 miles | 6 | |
| Eidsvold | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Thorp | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Worden (historical) | 8.6 miles | 11 | |
| Lombard | 9.3 miles | 11 | |
| Reseburg | 10.0 miles | 11 | |
| Clark | 13.0 miles | 7 | |
| Withee | 16.6 miles | 11 |
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 Junction | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6311678 | 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 1577669. 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.




