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Lead Branch Junction, Missouri

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65565. The Survey maps it on the Indian Springs quadrangle.

Lead Branch Junction within Crawford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 21 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

39 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Lead Branch Junction between 1992 and 2017, burning about 1,198 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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
Debris and open burning26
Arson/incendiarism11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
5 April 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 April 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
29 April 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
15 April 1992Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 April 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 April 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 April 1998Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 April 1998Arson/incendiarism740 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crawford County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 41 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Lead Branch Junction: 38 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Clay, Lead, Barium-Barite. 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
Arthur MinesLead, ZincPast Producer
Collins MineClay, IronPast Producer
Halbert's DiggingsIron, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - CopperCopperProspect
Yeary ProspectSulfur-PyritePast Producer
Jonas MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
Unknown - BariteBarium-BaritePast Producer
Arthur MinesLeadPast Producer1863
Metcalf DiggingsLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Crawford 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
Keysville2.1 miles21
Klein Ford4.2 miles21
Wesco4.3 miles19
Steelville4.6 miles22
Sankey (historical)5.3 miles22
Cedar Ford5.6 miles21
Wildwoods5.6 miles22
Midland5.8 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 Q122570060The 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 741006. 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.