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Adel, Missouri

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Lindley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64632. The Survey maps it on the Pleasanton quadrangle.

Adel within Mercer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

8 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Adel between 1997 and 2018, burning about 106 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Debris and open burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
28 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation125910-02319-04282015-1848
26 April 2018Debris and open burning3.6 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177457-02319-04262018-1631
1 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation121721-02319-04012015-0955
1 April 1997Equipment and vehicle use80 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 March 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 March 2015Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation120250-02319-03062015-1434
21 March 2015Debris and open burning6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation120941-02319-03212015-1340
20 March 1997Debris and open burning8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mercer County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Adel: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Mercer 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
Wataga2.8 miles7
Saline3.1 miles7
Burrows4.7 miles10
Alvord (historical)6.5 miles10
Mercer7.4 miles7
South Lineville8.4 miles7
Princeton10.2 miles10
Goshen10.3 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740210. 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.