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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 22 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.
- 1915 USGS Eminence quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1917 USGS Eminence quadrangle1:62500, 4 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
- 1965 USGS Eminence quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Spring Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
78 since 1992Regional 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/incendiarism | 45 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ozark National Scenic River | MARTIN BLUFF |
| 6 July 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Ozark National Scenic River | TIP TOP |
| 18 June 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 May 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 May 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 May 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | not named |
| 18 May 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 60 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 May 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | LITTLE RED RIDING HO |
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Jones Land | Iron, Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Unknown Manganese | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Jacks Fork Mine | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Unknown Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Bonanza Prospect | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Casey Mine | Copper | Occurrence | Chalcocite, Malachite | |
| Freeman Land | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Jerktail Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Malachite | |
| Jerktall Mine | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Johnson Shaft | Copper | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gang | 2.3 miles | 20 | |
| Owls Bend | 4.3 miles | 20 | |
| Shawne | 4.8 miles | 22 | |
| Eminence | 5.5 miles | 22 | |
| Brushy Mill (historical) | 6.4 miles | 20 | |
| West Eminence | 6.6 miles | 22 | |
| Munsell | 7.1 miles | 22 | |
| Venice | 7.1 miles | 22 |
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 Q122572543 | 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 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.












