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Junction Ferry, Missouri

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Eminence Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63629. It lies near Barn Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Eminence quadrangle.

Junction Ferry within Shannon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 22 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

78 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Junction Ferry between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,845 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 45 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
Arson/incendiarism45
Debris and open burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Smoking2
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2
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
13 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOzark National Scenic RiverMARTIN BLUFF
6 July 2016Naturalunder an acreOzark National Scenic RiverTIP TOP
18 June 2014Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 May 2014Arson/incendiarism2.2 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 May 2014Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 May 1992Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMark Twain National Forestnot named
18 May 1998Arson/incendiarism60 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 May 2012Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresMark Twain National ForestLITTLE RED RIDING HO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shannon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Junction Ferry: 5 past producers, 5 prospects, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Iron, Manganese. 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
James Jones LandIron, ManganeseProspect
Unknown ManganeseManganeseProspect
Jacks Fork MineIronProspect
Unknown IronIronPast Producer
Bonanza ProspectCopperProspect
Casey MineCopperOccurrenceChalcocite, Malachite
Freeman LandCopperProspect
Jerktail ProspectCopperOccurrenceChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Malachite
Jerktall MineCopperPast Producer
Johnson ShaftCopperPast Producer

Every working recorded in Shannon 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
Gang2.3 miles20
Owls Bend4.3 miles20
Shawne4.8 miles22
Eminence5.5 miles22
Brushy Mill (historical)6.4 miles20
West Eminence6.6 miles22
Munsell7.1 miles22
Venice7.1 miles22

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 Q122572543The 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 740976. 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.