BlockNiangua Junction, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Niangua Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65713. The Survey maps it on the Niangua quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1946 USGS Niangua quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Niangua quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Niangua quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Mountain Grove quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
38 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Niangua Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 475 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 17 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 July 2018 | Fireworks | 77 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177491-11204-07042018-2252 |
| 11 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177492-11204-07112018-2147 |
| 7 May 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 220562-11204-05072020-1210 |
| 4 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 137212-11203-04042016-1746 |
| 4 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178659-11204-04032019-1527 |
| 20 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177118-11204-04202018-1320 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Niangua Junction: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Webster County Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niangua | 0.9 miles | 13 | |
| Sampson | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Johnston Ford | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Vance | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Bracken | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Dermott | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Marshfield | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Susanna | 6.2 miles | 12 |
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 Q122540564 | 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 737880. 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.