BlockPratt Junction, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Schoepke town. It lies in ZIP code area 54463. The Survey maps it on the Elcho quadrangle. It stands 1,601 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1942 USGS Elcho quadrangle1:48000
- 1950 USGS Elcho quadrangle1:48000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Elcho quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Merrill quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
92 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Pratt Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 59 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | ESCAPE CAMPFIRE |
| 25 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | OLD ELCHO |
| 9 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 August 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | PILE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Pratt Junction: 11 past producers, 7 occurrences. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Enterprise Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Enterprise Lake Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Guths Bay Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hunting River Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lower First Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Lower Post Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Otter Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pelican Lake Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Pelican Lake Gravel Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pelican Lake | 1.2 miles | 10 | |
| Enterprise | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Jennings | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Lennox | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Monico | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Malvern | 10.7 miles | 9 | |
| Gagen | 12.5 miles | 9 | |
| Starks | 12.8 miles | 9 |
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 Pratt Junction | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7238766 | 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 1577778. 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.