Cole Junction, Missouri
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65109. It stands on Grays Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jefferson City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 26 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.
- 1886 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1939 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1939 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1980 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Cole Junction between 2005 and 2018, burning about 41 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 May 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 136691-01416-05152016-1212 |
| 21 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176616-01416-04212018-1349 |
| 15 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 1 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 25 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Cole Junction: 19 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capitol Sand Co Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Capitol Sand Company Dredge No.2 | Silica | Producer | ||
| Adrian Materials Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Adrian Materials Quarry & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Holts Summit Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Jeff City Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Jeff-Cole Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Kieselback Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| State Penitentiary Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott | 2.8 miles | 20 | |
| Jefferson City | 3.7 miles | 26 | |
| Apache Flats | 4.5 miles | 20 | |
| Scruggs | 4.7 miles | 20 | |
| Elston | 5.3 miles | 20 | |
| Saint Martins | 6.1 miles | 20 | |
| Plummer | 6.4 miles | 20 | |
| Lohman | 8.9 miles | 20 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122572732 | 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 740757. 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.












