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Junction Lookout, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Meramec Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65560. The Survey maps it on the Stone Hill quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Junction Lookout within Dent County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 19 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

143 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Junction Lookout (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,844 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 42 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined46
Debris and open burning42
Arson/incendiarism42
Equipment and vehicle use5
Other causes2
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
26 August 2003Naturalunder an acreMark Twain National ForestLIGHTNING
2 August 2012Natural7.1 acresMark Twain National ForestBOYD
6 July 2003Other causesunder an acreMark Twain National ForestCHICKEN COOP
27 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMark Twain National ForestMAJORS HOLLOW
26 July 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresMark Twain National ForestMARCOOT CHARACOAL #2
26 July 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresMark Twain National ForestMARCOOT CHARCOAL #3
26 July 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMark Twain National ForestMARCOOT CHARCOAL #4
26 July 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMark Twain National ForestMARCOOT CHARCOAL #5

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dent County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Junction Lookout (historical): 19 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Smith PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Smith QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Smith QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Barksdale DiggingsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dent 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
Stone Hill1.4 miles19
Max3.3 miles18
Howes Mill3.5 miles19
Mounce3.6 miles18
Ark4.5 miles19
Turtle7.2 miles18
Doss7.3 miles18
Dent Ford7.4 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 750552. 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.