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Broadway, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Johnson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65559. It stands on Bailey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Safe quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Broadway within Maries County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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 Broadway (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 400 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 burning27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
7 September 2000Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation129838-06313-09132015-1204
7 August 1997Smoking1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
30 August 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 August 1995Debris and open burning7.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 May 1992Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 May 1993Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maries County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 53 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 53 workings within 5 miles of Broadway (historical): 52 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, Lead. 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
Great Future MineZinc, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - LimestoneStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LimestoneStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Vichy QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Virgil SmithStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Berkner PitsFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Clark PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Dewitt Terrill PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Dillon PitsFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Miller PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer

Every working recorded in Maries 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
Vichy2.9 miles17
Safe3.1 miles17
Lois4.1 miles18
High Gate4.2 miles17
Lanes Prairie5.9 miles17
Lindell6.5 miles18
Davis Ford6.5 miles17
James Brothers9.7 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740551. 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.