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Bird Springs, Missouri

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Richland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65637. The Survey maps it on the Cureall NW quadrangle.

Bird Springs within Ozark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

51 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Bird Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,860 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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 burning34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Smoking1
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 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation230713-07726-09172020-1550
17 September 1996Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 September 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 September 1999Debris and open burning9.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 September 1995Debris and open burning85 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 August 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 August 1995Natural7.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMark Twain National ForestNORTH FORK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ozark 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 Bird Springs: 4 past producers, 2 prospects. 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
Collins LandIronPast Producer
John SkilesIronProspect1953
Pratt LandIronProspect
South Missouri Land Co Number OneIronPast Producer
South Missouri Land Co Number TwoIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ozark 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
Toccoa0.2 miles15
Cross Roads1.2 miles14
Dora2.2 miles15
Trail3.5 miles13
Sycamore3.7 miles12
High Place Lookout Tower4.3 miles14
Dormis5.3 miles14
Oak Mound5.5 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 748867. 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.