Lake Junction, Missouri
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Hadley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63143. It stands on Black Creek. The Survey maps it on the Webster Groves quadrangle.
On record in Lake Junction
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 6 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Tuxedo Park Christian Churchlisted 2006 · 0.5 miles away
Greenwood Historic Districtlisted 2006 · 0.7 miles away
Tuxedo Park Stationlisted 1984 · 0.8 miles away
Saratoga Lanes Buildinglisted 2008 · 0.9 miles away- Webster College-Eden Theological Seminary Collegiate Districtlisted 1982 · 0.7 miles away
- Dr. Leander W. Cape Buildingslisted 2005 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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.
- 1933 USGS Jefferson Barracks quadrangle1:24000
- 1941 USGS Jefferson Barracks quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Webster Groves quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS St Louis quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Webster Groves quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Webster Groves quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Lake Junction between 2006 and 2007, burning about 1 acre 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 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 9 October 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 65 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 65 workings within 5 miles of Lake Junction: 62 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Fire Clay (Refractory), Coal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delore Barite Mill | Barium-Barite | Producer | ||
| Krummel and Buchner Mine | Coal, Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| St Louis Perlite Plant | Perlite | Producer | ||
| Parker-Russell Fireclay Mine | Fire Clay (Refractory), Coal | Past Producer | ||
| Tole and Thorp Fireclay Mine | Fire Clay (Refractory), Coal | Past Producer | ||
| Coffin Mine | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Evans and Howard Fireclay Mine No 7 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Evans and Howard Fireclay Mine No.6 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Gilker Fireclay Mine | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Grandview Fireclay Mine | Fire Clay (Refractory) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maplewood | 0.7 miles | 23 | |
| Shrewsbury | 1.1 miles | 23 | |
| Brentwood | 1.2 miles | 23 | |
| Webster Groves | 1.6 miles | 23 | |
| Richmond Heights | 1.7 miles | 20 | |
| Mackenzie | 2.0 miles | 23 | |
| Rock Hill | 2.4 miles | 22 | |
| Glendale | 2.4 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 756273. 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.










