BlockLapham Junction, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Knapp town. It lies in ZIP code area 54666. The Survey maps it on the Spaulding quadrangle. It stands 994 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS City Point quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Spaulding quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Black River Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
23 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Lapham Junction (historical) between 1992 and 2017, burning about 89 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | LONE PINE |
| 14 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MULE FIRE |
| 17 July 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 June 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | PRAY RD.FIRE |
| 7 May 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.8 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 May 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | 9.9 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 May 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speck Oaks (historical) | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Spaulding | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Pray | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Waterbury | 8.8 miles | 12 | |
| City Point | 9.1 miles | 13 | |
| Millston | 11.5 miles | 15 | |
| Clay (historical) | 12.7 miles | 11 | |
| Winnebago Mission | 15.0 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q6488155 | 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 1577691. 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.