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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.

Bounds within Wayne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 20 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

37 since 1992

Regional 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 burning20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism6
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1
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
28 August 1993Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176454-11111-04062018-1652
3 April 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 April 1992Natural3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
15 April 1997Debris and open burning15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
15 April 1995Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177268-02220-04132018-1106
12 April 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution3.6 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177267-02220-04122018-1620

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 40 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Harris Lime Co. Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
AllenIronPast Producer1920
Blan PropertyIronPast Producer
C.N. Hemmerlein Prospect No. 2IronOccurrenceSurface
Elmer Reutter PropertyIronOccurrenceSurface
Harris MineIronPast Producer1924

Every working recorded in Wayne 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
Missionary Acres2.3 miles20
Silva2.4 miles20
Lodi3.2 miles19
Patterson4.9 miles19
Greenville5.8 miles20
Clubb6.2 miles20
Rings6.3 miles19
Burbank6.6 miles20

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.