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Atwell, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Richwoods Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65486. It stands on Carroll Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brays quadrangle.

Atwell within Miller County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

30 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Atwell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 622 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

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
26 July 2005Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
5 May 1997Equipment and vehicle use11 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 April 1992Smoking40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 April 1992Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 April 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1995Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 April 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 April 2002Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Miller County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Atwell: 10 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Bolin Creek BankIronPast Producer
Brown BankIronPast Producer
Hancock MineIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Miller 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
Traderight5.1 miles20
Iberia5.6 miles19
Brays5.9 miles20
Saint Anthony8.7 miles19
Faith9.9 miles19
Watkins10.7 miles19
Samtown11.2 miles19
Keethtown11.2 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740642. 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.