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Oxford Junction, Iowa

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Oxford Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52323. It stands on Bryan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oxford Junction quadrangle. 424 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 732 feet above sea level.

Oxford Junction within Jones County

Population over time

2 figures

Oxford Junction fell from 496 to 424 between 2010 and 2020. 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.

YearPeople Change
2010496
2020424-72 (-15%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 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

10 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Oxford Junction between 2007 and 2018, burning about 109 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning3

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
22 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 April 2015Debris and open burning15 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 April 2018Debris and open burning25 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 November 2017Debris and open burning3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 November 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 November 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jones County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Oxford Junction: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Burda PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Eganhouse Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hale QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Wyoming QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Jones 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
Oxford Mills0.9 miles13
Hale5.8 miles15
Wyoming5.9 miles15
Onslow9.1 miles15
Olin9.9 miles12
Center Junction11.5 miles15
Johnson (historical)12.1 miles15
Canton12.8 miles17

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 Oxford JunctionAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1927981The 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 459977. 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.