Menomonie Junction, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Menomonie City. It lies in ZIP code area 54751. The Survey maps it on the Menomonie North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1940 USGS Menomonie quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Menomonie quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Menomonie North quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Menomonie Junction between 2007 and 2020, burning about 5 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1745 |
| 1 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1112 |
| 7 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 909 |
| 5 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 931 |
| 13 May 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1151 |
| 12 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 946 |
| 11 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 939 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Menomonie Junction: 6 past producers, 3 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Industrial/Frac Sand. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menomonie Mine | Sand and Gravel, Industrial/Frac Sand | Producer | ||
| Own Crews | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Cedar Falls Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dunn Cnty Hwy Dept. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lake Menomin Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Lake Menomin Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Menomonie Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Menomonie Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Menomonie Junction Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pit 57 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Menomonie | 1.2 miles | 12 | |
| Cedar Falls | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Menomonie | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Rusk | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Irvington | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Tainter Lake | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Knapp | 8.5 miles | 11 | |
| Norton | 8.5 miles | 7 |
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 Q122539965 | 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 1569351. 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.






