Alley Spring, Missouri
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Eminence Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65466. It lies near Lawrence Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Alley Spring quadrangle.
On record in Alley Spring
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Alley Spring Roller Milllisted 1981 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 22 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.
- 1915 USGS Eminence quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1917 USGS Eminence quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Alley Spring quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Spring Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
84 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Alley Spring between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,174 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 48 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 48 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 27 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 July 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 25 June 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ozark National Scenic River | SLIDE |
| 9 April 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ozark National Scenic River | EDSMITH |
| 7 April 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 435 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | ALLEN BRANCH |
| 7 April 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Ozark National Scenic River | HORSE |
| 7 April 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Ozark National Scenic River | WEST |
| 6 April 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 80 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Alley Spring: 2 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McKinney Mine | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Chilton Bank | Iron | Prospect | ||
| West Eminence Bank | Iron | Prospect |
Storms near this place
1 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alley Spring in 1 storm report in 1997: 1 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1997 | Flash Flood | Alley Spring | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alley | 0.6 miles | 22 | |
| House Hollow (historical) | 2.7 miles | 22 | |
| Delaware | 3.4 miles | 22 | |
| West Eminence | 3.7 miles | 22 | |
| Eminence | 4.6 miles | 22 | |
| Venice | 5.0 miles | 22 | |
| Flatwood | 5.3 miles | 22 | |
| Spur 3 (historical) | 5.6 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 713232. 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.
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.












