BlockWindsor Junction, Missouri
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Williams Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65325. The Survey maps it on the Ionia quadrangle. It stands 1,004 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1887 USGS Sedalia quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Sedalia quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Green Ridge quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Ionia quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Sedalia quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
93 words on this townshipA Sketch of the History of Benton County, Missouri, published 1876 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Williams Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Williams Township - 93 words.
Fires near this place
14 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Windsor Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 240 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 burning | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.3 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177867-00807-08042018-1355 |
| 5 April 1993 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 21 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177802-00804-04212018-2120 |
| 19 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177169-00807-04192018-2038 |
| 13 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178993-00807-04132019-1242 |
| 3 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178039-08048-03032018-1543 |
| 16 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178407-08048-03162019-1355 |
| 6 February 1994 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mora | 3.1 miles | 18 | |
| Ionia | 3.5 miles | 19 | |
| Cole Camp Junction | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| Cole Camp | 6.3 miles | 17 | |
| Lake Creek | 7.5 miles | 18 | |
| Brandon | 8.2 miles | 19 | |
| Crest | 9.3 miles | 17 | |
| Lincoln | 10.5 miles | 17 |
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 Q8024643 | 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 741364. 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.