Wisconsin Junction, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Argonne town. It lies in ZIP code area 54511. It stands on West Branch Peshtigo River. The Survey maps it on the Argonne quadrangle. It stands 1,644 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1939 USGS Crandon quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Crandon quadrangle1:48000
- 1947 USGS Crandon quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Argonne quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
58 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Wisconsin Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 83 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 18 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | NEVER SEEN IT |
| 31 July 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 July 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 July 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | VETTE |
| 11 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | HAY BALE |
| 2 June 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | STATEZNY LANE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Wisconsin Junction: 12 occurrences, 6 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Bend Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| C.J. Marshall Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cemetery Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Circle O Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Clear Lake Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Creek View Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Drake Creek Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Forest Cnty. Hwy. Dept. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Half Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Mid River Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
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.
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 Wisconsin Junction | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8027216 | 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 1580810. 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.






