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La Junta, Texas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Springtown-Reno census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76082. It lies near Burton Knob. The Survey maps it on the Azle quadrangle.

La Junta within Parker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 20 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

147 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of La Junta between 2005 and 2014, burning about 1,593 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined96
Debris and open burning32
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service960 JENNINGS LN
28 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1100 OLD RENO RD
27 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service289 ENGLISH COURT
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service7633 VEAL STATION RD
2 September 2009Arson/incendiarism10 acresTexas A & M Forest Service261 EDWARDS FARRIS ROAD
14 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1811 HIGHLAND CIR
1 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2195 FLAT ROCK RD
1 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service500 SMITH ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Parker County

Storms near this place

25 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names La Junta in 25 storm reports between 2004 and 2026: 15 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 lightning. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2021HailLa Junta$500,000no account filed
May 2021HailLa Junta$300,000Ping pong ball to golf ball sized hail was reported just northwest of Highway 199 and FM 730 in Azle.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindLa Junta$100,000Thunderstorm winds rolled a manufactured home and damaged trees around the property.
August 2009LightningLa Junta$100,000Lightning struck two structures and started fires at both places in far eastern Parker County. The first structure was a home on Deer Crossing Way and the second was a church on Reese Lane. The home was destroyed and the church suffered minor damage to the roof.
May 2011HailLa Junta$75,000Grapefruit sized hail was reported 1 mile north of Sanctuary.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindLa Junta$50,000A NWS Storm Survey determined that straight-line winds damaged the gas pump canopy at the Allsup's on Highway 199 west of Azle. Part of the cover was peeled off. Large tree branches were also knocked down in the same area. The strong winds continued east into Azle where more damage occurred. The Popcorn Players' theater, Josefina's Kitchen restaurant, and the Aqualine Pools building in Azle were damaged. Air conditioning units were moved on all the roofs. Part of the metal roof of the theater was peeled off and hit the back of a pickup truck.
June 2010LightningLa Junta$50,000Lightning caused a house fire 3 miles southwest of Azle.
May 2011Tornado (EF0)La Junta$10,000A tornado was observed approximately 1.5 miles northwest of Sanctuary along Spring Valley Court. The roof of a mobile home was damaged and trees were damaged along the path of the tornado. Panels were torn off the roof of the mobile home and tossed into the back yard. This tornado was rated an EF-0 with maximum estimated winds of 85 MPH.
April 2015HailLa Junta$5,000Two inch hail was reported in Sanctuary.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindLa Junta$4,000A trained spotter estimated 60 mph winds in Sanctuary.
October 2009Flash FloodLa Junta$500Four feet of water was reported on Icehouse Road near Sabathaney in northeastern Parker County.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindLa Junta-Trees were heavily damaged on a property near the end of the tornado track.
April 2026HailLa Junta-Report of 1 inch hail from mPing.
May 2021Flash FloodLa Junta-A National Weather Service employee reported flash flooding along FM 1886 at Silver Creek, with water rushing over the road.
April 2021HailLa Junta-Quarter size hail was reported five miles west of Lakeside.
May 2021HailLa Junta-Quarter to ping pong ball sized hail was reported 2 miles southwest of Sanctuary for several minutes.
April 2020HailLa Junta-Hail around 1 was reported in Azle on the Parker County side via mPing.
March 2016HailLa Junta-Dime sized hail was reported near Highway 199 and Newsome Mound Road.
April 2011HailLa Junta-Quarter size hail fell in the community of Remuda in eastern Parker County.
May 2011HailLa Junta-Nickel sized hail fell 2 miles south of Reno.
May 2011HailLa Junta-Half dollar sized hail fell 3 miles southwest of Reno along Azle Highway/FM 730.
May 2011HailLa Junta-Quarter sized hail fell southwest of Reno at Highway 199 and Midway Road.
October 2009HailLa Junta-Quarter size hail fell 4 miles southwest of Azle.
June 2004Flash FloodLa Junta-Five homes were flooded west of Azle near Ash Creek.
April 2008HailLa Junta-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Parker 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
Sanctuary1.1 miles20
Sabathany1.2 miles20
Highland Addition2.0 miles18
Reno2.1 miles20
Springtown5.5 miles18
Carter7.6 miles18
Goshen8.3 miles18
Wright8.5 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1339338. 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.