Bounds, Missouri
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1989. It stands in St. Francois Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63956. It lies near Roach Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Greenville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 20 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1934 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1939 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:62500
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Piedmont quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
37 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Bounds between 1992 and 2019, burning about 182 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 burning | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176454-11111-04062018-1652 |
| 3 April 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 16 April 1992 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 15 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 15 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 13 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177268-02220-04132018-1106 |
| 12 April 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.6 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177267-02220-04122018-1620 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 40 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Bounds: 21 past producers, 9 occurrences, 9 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Harris Lime Co. Quarry & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Allen | Iron | Past Producer | 1920 | |
| Blan Property | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| C.N. Hemmerlein Prospect No. 2 | Iron | Occurrence | Surface | |
| Elmer Reutter Property | Iron | Occurrence | Surface | |
| Harris Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1924 |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missionary Acres | 2.3 miles | 20 | |
| Silva | 2.4 miles | 20 | |
| Lodi | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| Patterson | 4.9 miles | 19 | |
| Greenville | 5.8 miles | 20 | |
| Clubb | 6.2 miles | 20 | |
| Rings | 6.3 miles | 19 | |
| Burbank | 6.6 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 748973. 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.













