Junction City, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Junction City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31812. The Survey maps it on the Junction City quadrangle. 140 people lived here at the 2024 count. It stands 673 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresJunction City fell from 177 to 140 between 2010 and 2024. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 177 | |
| 2024 | 140 | -37 (-21%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Junction City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
246 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 246 fires within 5 miles of Junction City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,412 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 41 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 118 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 42 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 41 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2019TALBOT002 |
| 8 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 9.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-TALBOT-006 |
| 29 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-TAYLOR-011 |
| 27 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 4.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-TAYLOR-013 |
| 27 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-TAYLOR-009 |
| 27 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-TAYLOR-012 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Junction City: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia Silica Div | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Junction City Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Junction City Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lone Star Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Plant Number 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paschal (historical) | 0.7 miles | 8 | |
| Brownsand | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| Baldwinville | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Geneva | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Po Biddy Crossroads | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Centerville | 6.3 miles | 8 | |
| Talbotton | 6.6 miles | 16 | |
| Poplar Crossroads | 7.7 miles | 8 |
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 Junction City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q604154 | 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 316309. 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.




