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Junction City, Kentucky

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Junction City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40440. The Survey maps it on the Junction City quadrangle. 2,268 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 991 feet above sea level.

Junction City within Boyle County

On record in Junction City

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 5 records

Population over time

2 figures

Junction City grew from 2,241 to 2,268 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
20102,241
20202,268+27 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

8 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Junction City between 1998 and 2019, burning about 153 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
24 September 2008Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresKentucky Division of ForestryREYNOLDS HOLLOW
26 June 2012Railroad operations and maintenance75 acresKentucky Division of ForestryRANGE FIRE
14 April 2013Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPOWER LINE
1 April 2015Arson/incendiarism25 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBOWEN
8 March 2009Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 November 1998Misuse of fire by a minor30 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 November 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boyle County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Junction City: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Zinc, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Danville MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hayden VeinBarium-Barite, ZincPast ProducerBarite, Sphalerite

Every working recorded in Boyle County

Storms near this place

9 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Junction City in 9 storm reports between 1995 and 2018: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flood, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2018Flash FloodJunction City$20,000One family had to be evacuated from a home due to flooding in Junction City. The flood waters receded quickly after the rain ended.
April 2015FloodJunction City$20,000The public reported that several mobile homes were flooded.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindJunction City$15,000There was a report of a power line down on White Oak Road and extremely high water in the area as well.
April 2017HailJunction City-Trained spotters reported hail up to ping pong size which covered the ground in Junction City.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindJunction City-A trained spotter reported an estimated wind gust of 60 mph.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindJunction City-Trees reported down near Junction City.
May 1995HailJunction City-Dispatch reports marble-size hail.
March 2012HailJunction City-no account filed
December 2006Thunderstorm WindJunction City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Boyle 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
Shelby City0.8 miles11
Alum Springs2.6 miles11
Baughman Heights3.3 miles14
Hilldale (historical)3.5 miles14
West Danville4.0 miles14
Danville4.2 miles14
Beverly Hills4.4 miles14
Wilsonville4.5 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 Junction CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3181023The 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 495551. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.