Brussells, Missouri

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Snow Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63347. It stands on Cunningham Creek. The Survey maps it on the Okete quadrangle.

Brussells within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

1934 USGS Elsberry quadrangle1:62500
1934 USGS Elsberry quadrangle1:48000
1942 USGS Elsberry quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1975 USGS Okete quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Jerseyville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

9 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Brussells between 1997 and 2013, burning about 24 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5
Debris and open burning	3
Smoking	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
9 July 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
26 April 1997	Smoking	4.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
24 March 1997	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
24 March 1997	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
23 March 1997	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
17 March 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
5 February 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.5 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
14 February 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Brussells: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Morris Bank	Iron	Past Producer
Magruder Quarry & Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unknown Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Chantilly (historical)	4.1 miles	22
Okete	4.2 miles	13
Argentville	4.9 miles	12
New Salem (historical)	5.0 miles	12
Fountain N' Lakes	5.9 miles	22
New Hope	6.0 miles	12
Burr Oak (historical)	6.1 miles	12
Cuivre Heights	6.2 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740701. 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.