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.
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.
Henry Miller Houselisted 1982 · 0.6 miles away
Duey and Julia Wright Houselisted 1999 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1899 USGS Wausau quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Wausau quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Wausau quadrangle1:48000
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Wausau quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Wausau East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Wausau quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Wausau East quadrangle1:24000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Wausau city. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
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.
In the county-history sources
13,120 words on this townshipHistory 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 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 678 |
| 24 July 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 11260 |
| 13 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 10742 |
| 3 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | PHANTOM |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Own Crews | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Sunburst Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Wimmer Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Minnesota Mining & Mfg Co-Greystone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Rib Mountain Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Stewart Avenue Granite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Thurber Granite Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| 3m Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Kelly Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Hill | 1.5 miles | 12 | |
| Franklin Hill | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Wausau | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| Schofield | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Kelly | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Rothschild | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Rib Mountain | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Weston | 4.7 miles | 12 |
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 Q122568652 | 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 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.







