Dell Junction, Missouri
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Fristoe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65355. The Survey maps it on the Warsaw East quadrangle. It stands 896 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 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.
- 1887 USGS Warsaw quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Warsaw quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1935 USGS Dell quadrangle1:24000
- 1945 USGS Fristoe quadrangle1:62500, 3 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
- 1964 USGS Warsaw East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Warsaw East quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Harry S Truman Reservoir quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
33 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Dell Junction between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,216 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 burning | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 May 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 124270-00810-05012015-1530 |
| 7 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 April 1993 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 April 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 April 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 April 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Dell Junction: 12 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Barium-Barite, Lead, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hopkins Diggings | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead-Zinc | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Grissom Bank | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Richwoods Bank | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead-Barite | Barium-Barite, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Unknown - Lead-Barite | Barium-Barite, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Unknown - Lead-Barite | Barium-Barite, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dell | 0.5 miles | 23 | |
| Gabriels Mills | 1.4 miles | 23 | |
| Majorville | 2.6 miles | 23 | |
| Whitakerville | 3.9 miles | 23 | |
| Pom-o-sa Heights | 4.1 miles | 23 | |
| Fairfield (historical) | 4.3 miles | 23 | |
| White Branch | 4.6 miles | 23 | |
| Fristoe | 4.6 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.
| Wikipedia article on Dell Junction | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5254122 | 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 716830. 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.











