BlockPatton Junction, Missouri
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 2000. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63662. It stands on Baltimore Creek. The Survey maps it on the Patton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 19 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.
- 1910 USGS Higdon quadrangle1:62500, 2 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 Higdon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Patton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 2000 USGS Patton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Patton Junction between 1999 and 2020, burning about 14 acres 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 | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 21 June 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179388-02359-06212019-2240 |
| 13 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.4 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179387-02359-04132019-1424 |
| 19 February 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179384-02359-02192019-1532 |
| 1 January 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190302-02359-01012020-1314 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Patton Junction in 1 storm report in 1994: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Patton Junction | $50,000 | A local newspaper reported wind damage to a home along Highway 51. The second floor and roof were ripped off the house and spread debris some 100 yards away. No injuries were reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Patton | 0.8 miles | 19 | |
| Patton | 1.2 miles | 19 | |
| Precinct | 2.3 miles | 19 | |
| Alliance | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Bollinger Mill | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Tallent | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Ezra (historical) | 5.1 miles | 19 | |
| Heitmans Mill | 5.4 miles | 19 |
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 Q122562858 | 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 751514. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.