Delaware Junction, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Blanket census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76432. The Survey maps it on the Blanket quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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.
- 1889 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Blanket quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Comanche quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
79 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Delaware Junction between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,233 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HUDSON |
| 29 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 331 |
| 25 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ALDERSGATE ENRICHMENT CENTER |
| 23 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 327 |
| 22 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR291 |
| 11 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 321 AND CR 326 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Delaware Junction: 15 occurrences, 5 unknowns, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Strontium, Barium-Barite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha Baker Mine | Strontium, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | Barite, Celestite | |
| Bettis Occurrence | Strontium, Barium-Barite | Occurrence | Barite, Celestite | |
| Bird Occurrence | Strontium, Barium-Barite | Occurrence | Barite, Celestite | |
| Davis Prospect | Strontium, Barium-Barite | Occurrence | Barite, Celestite | |
| Dikes and Chambers Deposit | Strontium, Barium-Barite | Occurrence | Barite, Celestite | |
| Dunsworth-Dunn-Hughes Occurrence | Strontium, Barium-Barite | Occurrence | Barite, Celestite | |
| Evans Occurrence | Strontium, Barium-Barite | Occurrence | Barite, Celestite | |
| Faulkner Mine | Strontium, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | Barite, Celestite | |
| Hightower-Routh Occurrence | Strontium, Barium-Barite | Occurrence | Barite, Celestite | |
| Maner Occurrence | Strontium, Barium-Barite | Occurrence | Barite, Celestite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antioch | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Blanket | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Early | 5.1 miles | 20 | |
| Owens | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Ricker (historical) | 6.5 miles | 20 | |
| Lake Brownwood | 8.1 miles | 17 | |
| Brownwood | 8.4 miles | 20 | |
| Zephyr | 8.6 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378204. 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.




