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Brays, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Richwoods Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65486. It stands on Kenser Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brays quadrangle.

Brays within Miller County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

32 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Brays between 1993 and 2020, burning about 110 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use4
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
27 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
9 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
3 July 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation230688-06632-07032020-2027
27 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 July 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
5 May 1997Equipment and vehicle use11 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1995Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 April 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Miller County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Brays: 22 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc, Sulfur-Pyrite. 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
Pioneer #1 MineSulfur-PyritePast Producer
Rothwell DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown-LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Abbott BankIronPast Producer
Bolin Creek BankIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Miller 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
Traderight2.6 miles20
Saint Anthony2.9 miles19
Iberia3.3 miles19
Atwell5.9 miles20
Watkins7.2 miles19
Faith9.3 miles19
Capps9.3 miles19
Saint Elizabeth9.4 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 714660. 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.