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.
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.
Reynolds and Lois Greenman Houselisted 2016 · 0.1 miles away
Gifford Houselisted 1978 · 0.2 miles away
De Jean Houselisted 1978 · 0.2 miles away
Masonic Templelisted 2015 · 0.2 miles away
John and Margaret Owen Houselisted 2016 · 0.2 miles away
Courier Buildinglisted 2015 · 0.3 miles away
Abram Allen Houselisted 1978 · 0.8 miles away- Merchant Row Historic Districtlisted 2015 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1891 USGS Koshkonong quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Koshkonong quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1906 USGS Koshkonong quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Fort Atkinson quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Milton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Lake Geneva quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
19 since 2018Regional 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 burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19738 |
| 8 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 5344 |
| 7 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1806391 |
| 30 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 300 |
| 26 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 287 |
| 23 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 279 |
| 11 April 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 330 |
| 1 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1904274 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Brothers Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hunt Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Edgerton | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Frank Brothers | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kidder Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Knudsen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Rock County Pioneer Crusher 493 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Stores Lake Pit | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milton | 1.1 miles | 19 | |
| Charlie Bluff | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Coopers Shores | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Mallwood | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Newville | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| Maple Beach | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Anderson | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Hans Addition | 5.9 miles | 18 |
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 Q122551296 | 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 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.









