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Carrol Junction, Missouri

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Lebanon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65536. The Survey maps it on the Oakland quadrangle.

Carrol Junction within Laclede County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

73 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Carrol Junction between 1992 and 2016, burning about 1,623 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 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 burning45
Arson/incendiarism12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking1
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
9 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 September 2000Debris and open burning35 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation143016-02059-09072016-1039
23 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 September 2000Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
26 August 2014Natural21 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 May 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresMissouri Department of ConservationMM HIGHWAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Laclede County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Carrol Junction: 13 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lebanon QsuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Mayfields QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Laclede 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
Sleeper1.6 miles13
Russell2.3 miles14
Delmar4.1 miles13
Lebanon5.2 miles14
Atchley (historical)5.6 miles14
Dove5.6 miles14
West Lebanon6.2 miles14
Harrill Ford7.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740724. 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.