BlockSaint John, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Woodville town. It lies in ZIP code area 54129. The Survey maps it on the Hilbert quadrangle. It stands 856 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Chilton quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Hilbert quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Appleton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Hilbert quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Saint John between 1995 and 2020, burning about 1 acre 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 | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 May 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 14 |
| 25 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 137 |
| 5 November 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 428 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Saint John: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Brown Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Soyburn Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hilbert Junction | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Hilbert | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Sherwood | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Forest Junction | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Dundas | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| High Cliff (historical) | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Harrison (historical) | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Highland Beach | 6.1 miles | 11 |
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 Saint John | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7588864 | 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 1572995. 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.