BlockBefore

Bedwell, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Logan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63638. The Survey maps it on the Corridon SE quadrangle.

Bedwell within Reynolds County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 17 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

71 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Bedwell between 1992 and 2019, burning about 878 acres in total. None started naturally. 19 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 burning30
Arson/incendiarism19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
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
17 September 2019Debris and open burning1.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation179119-00000-09172019-0930
27 July 1993Smoking1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 June 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution4.2 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177681-09009-06282018-2212
28 June 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178189-09009-06282018-2150
6 May 2014Equipment and vehicle use16 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 May 1992Arson/incendiarism35 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 May 1997Debris and open burning19 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 May 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Reynolds County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Bedwell: 6 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Iron, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ellington Manganese DepositManganeseProspect1941
Mccaw-Nash ProspectManganesePast Producer
Sutton ProspectIronProspect
Unknown IronIronPast Producer
Unknown IronIronPast Producer
Unknown ManganeseManganesePast Producer

Every working recorded in Reynolds 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
Fruit City1.9 miles17
Ellington3.3 miles18
Alamode (historical)3.3 miles18
Oakdale (historical)5.5 miles17
Chitwood5.6 miles18
Dagonia6.2 miles17
Dairyville (historical)6.5 miles17
Redford7.3 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 739920. 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.