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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.

Wisconsin Junction within Forest County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

58 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism18
Debris and open burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1

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
14 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 July 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesNEVER SEEN IT
31 July 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 July 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 July 2005Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresChequamegon-Nicolet National ForestVETTE
11 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChequamegon-Nicolet National ForestHAY BALE
2 June 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesSTATEZNY LANE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Forest County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Big Bend Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
C.J. Marshall PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cemetery Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Circle O Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Clear Lake Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Creek View Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Drake Creek Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Forest Cnty. Hwy. Dept.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Half Lake Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Mid River Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Forest 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
Argonne1.7 miles11
Hiles4.8 miles11
Crandon5.8 miles11
Atkins6.0 miles9
Keith (historical)10.3 miles11
Nashville11.0 miles9
Newald12.3 miles10
Mole Lake12.8 miles10

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 JunctionAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8027216The 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.