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Scotts Junction, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Adrian town. It lies in ZIP code area 54656. It lies near Thorp Hill. The Survey maps it on the City Rock quadrangle. It stands 942 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Scotts Junction within Monroe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 12 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

129 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 129 fires within 5 miles of Scotts Junction (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 237 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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
Equipment and vehicle use39
Debris and open burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Railroad operations and maintenance24
Other causes4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1

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
17 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesTRUCK FIRE
12 September 2013Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesZIGGY FIRE
21 August 1992Equipment and vehicle use3.5 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 July 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesFLATIRON AVE #2
7 July 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesFLATIRON AVE #1
7 July 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesFLATIRON AVE #3
7 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Scotts Junction (historical): 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Barons QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Monroe 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
Spring Bank Park3.9 miles14
Angelo5.8 miles14
Jacksonville6.0 miles13
Farmers Valley6.1 miles12
Tunnel City6.2 miles14
Sparta7.7 miles14
North Tomah8.8 miles14
Tomah8.8 miles13

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 Scotts Junction (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7438160The 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 1577817. 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.