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Amanda, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Benton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65453. The Survey maps it on the Cuba quadrangle.

Amanda within Crawford County

On record in Amanda

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 6 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

68 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Amanda between 1992 and 2019, burning about 406 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony2
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
20 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 June 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation144711-02811-06222016-1339
26 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178544-02811-05262018-2115
25 May 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation129938-02811-05252015-1641
2 May 2001Debris and open burning23 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation144798-02811-04082016-2034
6 April 1992Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 1992Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crawford County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 39 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of Amanda: 38 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Grady Brothers ProspectCopper, Sulfur-PyritePast Producer
Iron Ridge Mine # 1Sulfur-PyritePast Producer
Pilz ProspectSulfur-PyritePast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Brush Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Crawford 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
Cuba0.5 miles19
Iron Center2.7 miles19
Indian Lake3.0 miles19
Idlewild3.3 miles19
Fanning3.4 miles19
Hofflins3.7 miles19
Fox Springs4.3 miles19
Birds Nest5.1 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 736472. 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.