Junction City, Nevada

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Clark census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89005. It stands on Hemenway Wash. The Survey maps it on the Boulder Beach quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Junction City within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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.

1886 USGS Saint Thomas quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
1893 USGS Saint Thomas quadrangle1:250000
1926 USGS Boulder Canyon quadrangle1:96000, 2 printings
1952 USGS Henderson quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1957 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
1970 USGS Boulder Beach quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1973 USGS Boulder Beach quadrangle1:24000
1987 USGS Lake Mead quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

86 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Junction City (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 24 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 3 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
Natural	21
Recreation and ceremony	19
Equipment and vehicle use	13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10
Smoking	7
Debris and open burning	5
Fireworks	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Arson/incendiarism	3
Other causes	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
4 September 2008	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Lake Mead National Recreation Area	GOLD STRIKE
27 September 1994	Smoking	under an acre	Lake Mead National Recreation Area	HIGHWAY
19 September 1998	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Lake Mead National Recreation Area	PALMOUS
8 August 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Lake Mead National Recreation Area	NORTH SHORE MM 16
7 August 2004	Natural	under an acre	Lake Mead National Recreation Area	FISH
25 August 2011	Natural	under an acre	Lake Mead National Recreation Area	BIBLE
24 August 2000	Natural	under an acre	Lake Mead National Recreation Area	PALM TREE
22 August 1998	Smoking	under an acre	Lake Mead National Recreation Area	DAM FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Junction City (historical): 3 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Barium-Barite, Manganese, Fluorine-Fluorite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Gordon Barite	Barium-Barite, Manganese, Fluorine-Fluorite	Prospect
R. L. Pit & Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Sullivan Mine	Semiprecious Gemstone	Prospect
Three Kids	Manganese, Zinc, Silver, Silica, Lead, Iron, Gold, Copper, Aluminum	Past Producer	1917
Little Tom Prospect	Manganese	Unknown
Manganese Prospect	Manganese	Occurrence
Manganese Prospect	Manganese	Occurrence
Manganese Prospects	Manganese	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Clark 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Hesse Camp (historical)	4.6 miles	23
Boulder City	4.9 miles	31
McKeeversville (historical)	6.0 miles	31
Fort Callville (historical)	7.4 miles	23
Texas Acres	7.8 miles	32
Lake Las Vegas	8.2 miles	25
Victory Village	9.6 miles	25
Carver Park	9.7 miles	25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 847138. 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.