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Milton Junction, Wisconsin

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Milton City. It lies in ZIP code area 53563. The Survey maps it on the Milton quadrangle.

Milton Junction within Rock County

On record in Milton Junction

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 8 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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.

Fires near this place

19 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Milton Junction between 2018 and 2020, burning about 60 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
11 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19738
8 July 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources5344
7 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1806391
30 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources300
26 April 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources287
23 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources279
11 April 2020Equipment and vehicle use50 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources330
1 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1904274

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rock County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Milton Junction: 4 producers, 4 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Frank Brothers QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hunt QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
EdgertonSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Frank BrothersSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kidder PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Knudsen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rock County Pioneer Crusher 493Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stores Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Rock 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
Milton1.1 miles19
Charlie Bluff4.1 miles19
Coopers Shores4.3 miles18
Mallwood4.3 miles18
Newville4.5 miles18
Maple Beach4.6 miles18
Anderson5.3 miles17
Hans Addition5.9 miles18

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 Q122551296The 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 1569533. 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.