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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.

Junction within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 6 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.

In the county-history sources

2,050 words on this township

History 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 1992

Regional 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 burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism1
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
30 July 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources186
2 July 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 2016Natural5.3 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesSUNSET
6 May 2020Debris and open burning1.8 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesFARMSTEAD
5 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources8020
5 May 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources8220
5 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1918
5 May 2018Debris and open burning1.2 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesPIGEON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Browns PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hazuga PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
School Road Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Clark County

Storms near this place

3 since 2013

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2016FloodJunction$100,000Widespread 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 2013Thunderstorm WindJunction$5,000Trees 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 2019FloodJunction-Runoff from melting snow caused flooding to occur along numerous streams across Clark County. Most county highways were impacted by water with numerous closures.

Every storm recorded in Clark 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
Eadsville (historical)2.2 miles6
Eidsvold3.7 miles11
Thorp6.4 miles11
Worden (historical)8.6 miles11
Lombard9.3 miles11
Reseburg10.0 miles11
Clark13.0 miles7
Withee16.6 miles11

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 JunctionAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6311678The 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.