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Cartmell, Missouri

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Benton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64844. It stands on South Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Stella quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Cartmell within Newton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

35 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Cartmell (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 178 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
28 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179426-07334-09282019-0845
22 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use2.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 August 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 July 2017Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation230657-07353-06102020-2035
8 May 2017Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newton 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 Cartmell (historical): 11 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Zinc, 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
Dungy MineZincPast Producer
Granby Ore Block 4Zinc, LeadPast Producer1850, 1853
Granby Ore Block 5Zinc, LeadPast Producer1850, 1853
Granby Ore Block 6Zinc, LeadPast Producer1850, 1853
Shinn MineZincPast Producer
Unknown - ZnZincPast Producer
Granby Ore Block 1Lead, ZincPast Producer1850, 1853
Granby Ore Block 2Lead, ZincPast Producer1850, 1853
Granby Ore Block 3Lead, ZincPast Producer1850, 1853
Old K.D.F. MineLead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Newton 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
Wanda1.3 miles11
Boulder City1.7 miles11
Sweetwater2.5 miles16
Christopher3.6 miles16
Stella3.8 miles11
Stark City4.1 miles11
Wadell4.2 miles11
Aroma4.3 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740563. 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.