Bass, Missouri

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.

• 1888 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:125000
• 1894 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
• 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
• 1948 USGS Eugene quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
• 1951 USGS Eugene quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
• 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
• 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
• 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
• 1983 USGS Lake Of The Ozarks quadrangle1:100000
• 1987 USGS Brazito quadrangle1:24000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Bass between 2005 and 2014, burning about 136 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Brazito
• Hickory Hill
• Honey Creek
• Scrivner
• Henley
• Millbrook

Every fire recorded in Cole County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Bass: 25 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc, 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.

Every working recorded in Cole County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 738649. 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.