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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 12 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.
- 1916 USGS Tomah quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Tomah quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Tomah NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS City Rock quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sparta quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
129 since 1992Regional 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 use | 39 |
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 24 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | TRUCK FIRE |
| 12 September 2013 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | ZIGGY FIRE |
| 21 August 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.5 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | FLATIRON AVE #2 |
| 7 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | FLATIRON AVE #1 |
| 7 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | FLATIRON AVE #3 |
| 7 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barons Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Bank Park | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Angelo | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Jacksonville | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Farmers Valley | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Tunnel City | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Sparta | 7.7 miles | 14 | |
| North Tomah | 8.8 miles | 14 | |
| Tomah | 8.8 miles | 13 |
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 Q7438160 | 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 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.








