Jonca, Missouri
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63670. It stands on North Fork Jonca Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sprott quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 18 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.
- 1904 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1906 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Sprott quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
16 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Jonca between 1992 and 2020, burning about 82 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 | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177364-09435-07142018-1644 |
| 1 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.9 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176803-09435-05012018-1013 |
| 8 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.8 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178126-09533-04082018-1400 |
| 3 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.7 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179311-09435-04032019-1930 |
| 11 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.7 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176798-09435-04112018-1145 |
| 11 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.5 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178127-09533-04112018-2125 |
| 8 March 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 30 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 15 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176245-09435-03152018-1453 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Jonca: 9 past producers, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Feldspar, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Scott Diggings | Gold, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Wulfords Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Gold | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Unknown - Gold | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Sandstone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Dobschutz Diggings | Feldspar | Past Producer | ||
| Niedringhaus Deposit | Feldspar | Past Producer | ||
| Pratte Diggings | Feldspar | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millers | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Sprott | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Pickel | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Chestnut Ridge | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Mill | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Weingarten | 5.7 miles | 18 | |
| Coffman | 6.6 miles | 19 | |
| Avon | 7.1 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 739953. 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.













