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Ashcroft Addition, Missouri

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Poplar Bluff Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63901. It stands on Pike Creek. The Survey maps it on the Harviell quadrangle.

Ashcroft Addition within Butler County

On record in Ashcroft Addition

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 10 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

85 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Ashcroft Addition between 1992 and 2020, burning about 80 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined67
Debris and open burning14
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1

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
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation251235-01201-09062020-1711
30 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation251236-01201-09302020-1523
28 September 1996Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
20 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178114-01201-09202018-1836
11 September 1996Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 July 1996Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 July 1996Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation251228-01201-07062020-1525

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butler County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Ashcroft Addition: 16 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Clay. 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
UnknownClayPast Producer
UnknownClayPast Producer
Allen BankIronProspect
Hooper MineIronPast Producer
Leib BankIronProspect
UnknownIronPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Butler 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
Vinegar Hill0.6 miles14
Kelly Town0.8 miles15
Poplar Bluff0.9 miles15
Morocco1.6 miles12
Kinzer3.1 miles14
Shady Dell3.2 miles15
Cedar Valley3.7 miles15
Empire4.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 735296. 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.