Atchley, Missouri

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Spring Hollow Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65536. The Survey maps it on the Lebanon quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Atchley within Laclede County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

1941 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:62500
1943 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
1975 USGS Lebanon NW quadrangle1:24000
1978 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:24000
1982 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

116 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Atchley (historical) between 1992 and 2017, burning about 6,244 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 43 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 burning	52
Arson/incendiarism	43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	13
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Natural	1
Smoking	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
30 September 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
20 September 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	60 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
14 September 2000	Misuse of fire by a minor	5.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
1 September 2000	Smoking	5.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
31 August 2000	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
26 August 2014	Natural	21 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
23 August 1999	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
22 August 1999	Arson/incendiarism	80 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Laclede County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Atchley (historical): 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Mayfields Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown - Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown - Ss	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Willard Quarry & Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Laclede 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Dove	3.9 miles	14
Russell	4.0 miles	14
Lebanon	4.5 miles	14
West Lebanon	4.9 miles	14
Prosperine	5.0 miles	16
Carrol Junction	5.6 miles	14
Sleeper	6.2 miles	13
Eldridge	6.8 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 735022. 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.