BlockRiver Junction, Iowa
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Fremont Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52755. It stands on Pechman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lone Tree quadrangle. It stands 650 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1958 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Lone Tree quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Muscatine quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of River Junction between 2010 and 2014, burning about 39 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/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 5200 BLOCK OAKCREST HIL ST., IA |
| 4 May 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 560TH AND NAPLES AVE, IOWA |
| 7 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 November 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 3111 115TH ST., IOWA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of River Junction: 2 past producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Plant and Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Tree | 3.8 miles | 7 | |
| Hills | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Breckenridge Estates | 8.2 miles | 11 | |
| Midway (historical) | 9.4 miles | 11 | |
| Parkhurst (historical) | 9.5 miles | 11 | |
| Sharon Center | 10.3 miles | 15 | |
| University Heights | 11.8 miles | 19 | |
| Iowa City | 11.9 miles | 19 |
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 River Junction | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7337543 | 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 460649. 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.