Junction, Iowa

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Bloomfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52133. The Survey maps it on the Castalia quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Junction within Winneshiek 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.

1906 USGS Decorah quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Castalia quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Decorah quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

7 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Junction (historical) between 2012 and 2018, burning about 21 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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	3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Equipment and vehicle use	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
20 June 2012	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
24 April 2018	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
14 April 2015	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
12 April 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
12 March 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
14 November 2013	Equipment and vehicle use	1.5 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
8 October 2014	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Winneshiek County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Junction (historical): 6 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Castalia Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Christofferson Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Livingood Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Postville Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Schweinefus Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Thoma Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Williams Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Winneshiek 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Castalia	3.1 miles	11
Moneek	5.2 miles	11
Frankville	7.2 miles	11
Ossian	8.3 miles	12
Twin Springs	12.5 miles	12
Nordness	12.8 miles	12
Washington Prairie	12.8 miles	11
Festina	12.8 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464059. 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.