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Chapin, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Howell Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65775. It stands on Chapin Branch. The Survey maps it on the West Plains quadrangle.

Chapin within Howell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

36 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Chapin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 383 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 burning20
Equipment and vehicle use4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism1
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179682-14639-09082019-1411
29 August 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 August 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 August 1995Equipment and vehicle use10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 August 2020Smoking2.2 acresMissouri Department of Conservation261338-14639-08162020-1534
31 July 2001Debris and open burning20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 July 1995Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 July 2018Smokingunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177578-14639-07102018-1439

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Howell County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Chapin: 26 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Anderson MineIronPast Producer
Carson MineIronPast Producer
Chapin MineIronPast Producer
Dorshler and Tresch MineIronPast Producer1950
Fruitville Bank # 3IronProspect
Ge*Orge Sessen ProspectIronPast Producer1905
Haight TractIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Howell 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
Frankville1.9 miles17
Carson (historical)2.1 miles17
Pocohontas Crossing4.5 miles13
Summers Addition4.7 miles17
Cottbus4.9 miles17
West Plains5.0 miles17
Brandsville5.1 miles13
Fruitville5.1 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740737. 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.