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Radio Junction, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Lampasas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76550. It stands on Gibson Branch. The Survey maps it on the Lampasas quadrangle.

Radio Junction within Lampasas County

On record in Radio Junction

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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.

Fires near this place

31 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Radio Junction between 2006 and 2020, burning about 676 acres in total. None 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 burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use4
Arson/incendiarism2

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
29 September 2010Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHIGHWAY 281 NORTH
28 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
9 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest Service4383 N HWY 281
8 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 963 (11-0090)
3 August 2011Arson/incendiarism25 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceKEMPNER FIRE
3 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSTIFFEMIRE
19 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresTexas A & M Forest Service800 CR 1715
19 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCOUNTY ROAD 3010

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lampasas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Radio Junction: 9 producers, 1 past producer. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Milwhite QuarrySilicaPast ProducerTripoli
Road Material PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Lampasas PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lampasas QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Road Material PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Road Material PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Road Material PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerCaliche
Road Material PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Road Material PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerCaliche
Road Material PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerCaliche

Every working recorded in Lampasas 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
Lampasas1.1 miles12
Sparks Crossing1.8 miles12
Shortall4.6 miles13
Hallmark Crossing6.2 miles13
Brooks Crossing6.6 miles13
Ogles (historical)7.9 miles14
Rumley8.5 miles13
Kempner8.8 miles13

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 Q122569052The 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 1365946. 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.