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Call, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Lincoln Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65707. The Survey maps it on the Miller quadrangle.

Call within Lawrence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

31 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Call between 1997 and 2020, burning about 179 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined12
Debris and open burning12
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

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
4 September 2000Smoking1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
15 September 2000Smoking1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177220-05533-07062018-0031
12 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.9 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177413-05558-07122018-1403
9 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177145-05558-06092018-1104
8 May 2018Smoking3.1 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177415-05558-05082018-2226

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Call: 10 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc. 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 - Lead & ZincLead, ZincProspect
Unknown - Lead & Zinc & BariteBarium-Barite, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Nicholas QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sullivan QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - SsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - SsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lawrence 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
Heatonville1.5 miles17
Albatross3.4 miles17
Stinson3.4 miles17
Miller3.5 miles17
Spencer4.1 miles18
Nickelville4.9 miles18
Paris Springs5.2 miles18
Olinger6.1 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740471. 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.