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Browns Crossing, Missouri

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Williams Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63952. It stands on Brushy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Williamsville quadrangle.

Browns Crossing within Wayne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

52 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Browns Crossing between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,060 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 29 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
Arson/incendiarism29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
14 September 1999Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresMark Twain National ForestPOWERLINE
8 July 2005Arson/incendiarism13 acresMark Twain National ForestHORSCH RIDGE
5 June 2007Arson/incendiarism9.5 acresMark Twain National ForestTRAM EAST 1
5 June 2007Arson/incendiarism12 acresMark Twain National ForestTRAM EAST 2
5 June 2007Arson/incendiarism3.5 acresMark Twain National ForestTRAM EAST 4
5 June 2007Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresMark Twain National ForestTRAM EAST 3
9 April 2001Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresMark Twain National ForestKUDZU PATCH
9 April 2001Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMark Twain National ForestBRAMBLE BUSH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 64 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 64 workings within 5 miles of Browns Crossing: 43 past producers, 17 prospects, 4 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Flagstone. 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
Unknown - Usfs LandFlagstonePast Producer
Unknown - Usfs LandStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Usfs LandSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - Usfs LandSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - Usfs LandStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Usfs LandStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Usfs LandSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Aldrich LandIronPast Producer
Amy Eaton PropertyIronProspect
Baker MineIronPast Producer

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
Bull Run Camp0.4 miles13
Williamsville2.4 miles13
Kerrigan (historical)2.4 miles17
Barlow (historical)3.1 miles17
Upalika3.4 miles13
Keener Cave4.7 miles13
Dees Town6.3 miles17
Ladero6.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 749051. 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.