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Wausau Junction, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Wausau City. The Survey maps it on the Wausau East quadrangle.

Wausau Junction within Marathon County

On record in Wausau 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 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Wausau city. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.

From History of Marathon County, Wisconsin and Representative Citizens, published 1913 - Wausau City

And Represextatre Citizens 271

In April, 1866, there was a high freshet which swept away the bridge (at the falls), went over the guardlock, and people living on Shingle street removed with their goods in time to escape destruction. The east end of the guardlock was swept away, the wall of water coming down washed out the street, tore away the pier under the slough bridge and also the conductor between the Clarke and Plumer's mill, a part of Clarke's mill, and some lumber and logs.

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In the county-history sources

13,120 words on this township

History of Marathon County, Wisconsin and Representative Citizens, published 1913 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Wausau City covers the township.

Read the chapter on Wausau City - 13,120 words.

Fires near this place

64 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Wausau Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 74 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Equipment and vehicle use18
Debris and open burning14
Arson/incendiarism5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Other causes1
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
13 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources678
24 July 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources11260
13 July 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 July 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources10742
3 June 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesPHANTOM

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marathon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Wausau Junction: 5 past producers, 4 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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
Own CrewsStoneUnknown
Sunburst QuarryStoneUnknown
Wimmer QuarryStoneUnknown
Minnesota Mining & Mfg Co-GreystoneStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rib Mountain QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Stewart Avenue Granite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Thurber Granite PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
3m PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Kelly Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Marathon 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
East Hill1.5 miles12
Franklin Hill1.6 miles12
Wausau1.7 miles12
Schofield2.2 miles12
Kelly3.1 miles12
Rothschild3.8 miles12
Rib Mountain4.0 miles12
Weston4.7 miles12

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 Q122568652The 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 1576326. 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.