Biggs, Missouri

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 2004. It stands in McKinley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65689. It lies near Round Valley Knob. The Survey maps it on the Nichols Knob quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Biggs within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 13 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.

1939 USGS Topaz quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1941 USGS Topaz quadrangle1:62500
1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Nichols Knob quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Ava quadrangle1:100000
1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
2004 USGS Nichols Knob quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

73 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Biggs (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,328 acres in total. None started naturally. 36 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/incendiarism	36
Debris and open burning	20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	14
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1

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
29 September 2004	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Mark Twain National Forest	AA
29 July 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Mark Twain National Forest	not named
26 July 1997	Arson/incendiarism	7.0 acres	Mark Twain National Forest	CROSSING
23 June 1992	Equipment and vehicle use	20 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
8 May 1997	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
4 May 1992	Arson/incendiarism	22 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
2 May 2008	Arson/incendiarism	36 acres	Mark Twain National Forest	PUNCHOUT
9 April 1995	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Mark Twain National Forest	BRUSHY MILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Biggs (historical): 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Lead. 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
Russell Corn Land	Lead	Past Producer
Unknown - Iron	Iron	Past Producer
Matherly Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Pattillo Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
Osborn Crossing	0.4 miles	13
Hale Crossing	2.1 miles	13
Topaz	2.4 miles	13
Omba (historical)	3.4 miles	15
Holtville	3.8 miles	14
Hebron	4.6 miles	15
Richville	5.6 miles	15
Roosevelt	6.7 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 733885. 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.