La Junta, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Presidio census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79845. It stands on Rodriguez Arroyo. The Survey maps it on the Presidio West quadrangle.

La Junta within Presidio County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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.

1896 USGS Shafter quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1959 USGS Presidio quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1965 USGS Presidio quadrangle1:250000
1979 USGS Presidio West quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Presidio quadrangle1:100000
1993 USGS Presidio quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

10 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of La Junta between 2006 and 2014, burning about 128 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
Smoking	7
Debris and open burning	2
Arson/incendiarism	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
8 April 2014	Smoking	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	VILLAREAL BRUSH FIRE
10 March 2013	Smoking	6.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	PRIETOS RANCH BRUSH FIRE
10 March 2006	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
24 February 2011	Arson/incendiarism	100 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	BRUSH FIRE
21 February 2013	Smoking	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	ANDY'S RANCH BRUSH FIRE
18 February 2013	Smoking	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	CHIANATI RANCH
22 November 2013	Smoking	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	CIBOLO CREEK RANCH FIRE
9 January 2006	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Presidio County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of La Junta: 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Zinc. 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
	Dos Marias	Zinc	Unknown
	Marias Mine	Lead, Zinc	Producer

Every working recorded in Presidio 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
Haciendito	2.8 miles	12
Presidio	3.1 miles	13
Fort Leaton (historical)	5.9 miles	13
Las Pampas Colonia	6.6 miles	12
Ochoa	6.9 miles	11
Loma Pelona	7.0 miles	13
Indio	10.9 miles	11
Borrachio	11.8 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378546. 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.