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W B Junction, Missouri

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Wakenda Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64633. It stands on Moss Creek. The Survey maps it on the Carrollton West quadrangle.

W B Junction within Carroll County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

16 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of W B Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 102 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
Debris and open burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation230783-01749-09262020-1101
6 April 1992Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 April 1994Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.2 acresMissouri Department of Conservation178604-01749-04162019-1533
16 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.1 acresMissouri Department of Conservation178603-01749-04162019-1040
8 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.8 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176253-01749-03082018-1223
8 March 1997Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 March 1995Debris and open burning57 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carroll County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of W B Junction: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Unknown - LimestoneStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast 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 Carroll 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
South Carrollton1.9 miles18
Carrollton2.4 miles18
Bowdry (historical)3.8 miles15
Palemon4.4 miles15
Sugartree5.6 miles15
Standish6.3 miles17
Bingham (historical)7.4 miles15
Norborne8.1 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741341. 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.