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Cedar Valley, Missouri

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Poplar Bluff Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63901. The Survey maps it on the Poplar Bluff quadrangle.

Cedar Valley within Butler County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

90 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 398 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined62
Debris and open burning15
Arson/incendiarism10
Recreation and ceremony2
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
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation251235-01201-09062020-1711
20 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178114-01201-09202018-1836
11 September 1996Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 September 1996Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179006-01201-07082019-1719
5 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMark Twain National ForestWOLF CREEK
3 July 1996Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177991-01201-07252018-0026

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butler County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Cedar Valley: 19 past producers, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Aden MineClayPast Producer
Black River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kirby MineClayPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownClayPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownClayPast Producer
UnknownClayPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Butler 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
Shady Dell0.6 miles15
Green Forest0.6 miles15
Loma Linda2.0 miles15
Kelly Town2.9 miles15
Vinegar Hill3.2 miles14
Poplar Bluff3.3 miles15
Ashcroft Addition3.7 miles14
Roxie (historical)3.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 749312. 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.