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Bee Fork, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Carroll Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63633. It lies near Grasshopper Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Corridon quadrangle.

Bee Fork within Reynolds County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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.

Fires near this place

93 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Bee Fork between 1992 and 2019, burning about 4,262 acres in total. None started naturally. 56 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
Arson/incendiarism56
Debris and open burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
29 September 2017Debris and open burning14 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 September 1992Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMark Twain National Forestnot named
20 August 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreMark Twain National ForestDOE RUN
18 August 1995Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMark Twain National ForestOHLMAN CHURCH
12 August 2012Debris and open burning1.7 acresMark Twain National ForestGOODMAN
8 July 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestKITCHEL BRANCH
1 June 2000Equipment and vehicle use2.2 acresMark Twain National ForestHIGHWAY
5 May 1997Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresMark Twain National ForestVEST HOLLOW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Reynolds County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Bee Fork: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Nickel, Cobalt, Cadmium. 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
Coleman MineIronPast Producer
FletcherLead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Nickel, Cobalt, CadmiumProducer1958, 1967
West ForkLead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Cadmium, Cobalt, NickelProducer1959, 1985
Unknown S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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
Ohlman1.9 miles19
Reynolds2.9 miles19
West Fork3.7 miles19
Corridon4.2 miles19
Melton5.1 miles19
Dairyville (historical)6.4 miles17
Bunker6.7 miles19
Centerville6.7 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 730441. 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.