Avery, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65535. It stands on Blairs Creek. The Survey maps it on the Leasburg quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Avery within Crawford County

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.

1903 USGS Sullivan quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1948 USGS Leasburg quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Sullivan quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

83 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Avery (historical) between 1992 and 2017, burning about 830 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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	48
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	12
Arson/incendiarism	12
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Recreation and ceremony	3
Smoking	3

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
13 September 2013	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
27 August 2011	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
2 August 1999	Arson/incendiarism	33 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
17 August 2000	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
20 June 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	144800-02811-06202016-1354
1 May 1992	Smoking	23 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
8 April 2001	Arson/incendiarism	25 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
8 April 1998	Debris and open burning	22 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crawford County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Avery (historical): 25 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Iron, Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper. 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
Grady Brothers Prospect	Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite	Past Producer
Unknown - Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Copper Bank Mine	Copper	Past Producer
Knight Prospect	Sulfur-Pyrite	Past Producer
Mullen Mine	Sulfur-Pyrite	Past Producer
Unknown - Copper	Copper	Past Producer
Unknown - Copper	Copper	Past Producer
Zane Mine	Sulfur-Pyrite	Past Producer
Clark Mine #1	Iron	Past Producer
Griffin Mine	Iron	Past 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Crossroads	2.5 miles	21
Leasburg	2.8 miles	19
Scotia	4.1 miles	21
Coffeyton	4.4 miles	19
Hofflins	5.1 miles	19
Birds Nest	5.6 miles	22
Midland	5.7 miles	22
Elaver	5.9 miles	22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 736480. 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.