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Beaverdam, Missouri

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Johnson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63943. It lies near Murphy Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Hogan Hollow quadrangle.

Beaverdam within Ripley 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.

Fires near this place

32 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Beaverdam between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,627 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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
Arson/incendiarism10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
17 September 1996Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
27 June 2012Equipment and vehicle use6.5 acresMark Twain National ForestBEAVER LAKE
24 May 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined122 acresMark Twain National ForestNORTH PRONG
2 May 2012Arson/incendiarism31 acresMark Twain National ForestSMOKEY HOLLOW
9 April 2000Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 April 1997Arson/incendiarism35 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 April 2007Arson/incendiarism23 acresMark Twain National ForestMIDNIGHT BEAVER
23 April 1993Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ripley County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Beaverdam: 4 prospects, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Government Land Number OneIronPast Producer
King Bee RanchIronPast Producer
Mo Lumber & Min Co Tract Number 10IronProspect
Mo Lumber & Min Co Tract Number 11IronProspect
Mo Lumber & Min Co Tract Number 12IronProspect
Mo Lumber + Mining Co Tract No 13IronProspect

Every working recorded in Ripley 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
Kingbee (historical)3.6 miles12
Budapest4.4 miles14
Greenville Ford5.6 miles12
Paterson Ford5.6 miles12
Flatwoods6.2 miles12
Fairdealing6.3 miles12
Dryden (historical)7.9 miles12
Gamburg8.0 miles12

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on BeaverdamAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28008285The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 735232. 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.