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Cherry Valley, Missouri

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Courtois Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65565. The Survey maps it on the Steelville quadrangle.

Cherry Valley within Crawford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 22 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

44 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Cherry Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 611 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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
Debris and open burning22
Arson/incendiarism14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony2
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
1 May 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 1992Debris and open burning55 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 April 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
29 April 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
29 April 1997Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresMark Twain National ForestWESTOVER DUMP
25 April 1997Arson/incendiarism10 acresMark Twain National ForestHOBO
24 April 1997Debris and open burning15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1997Debris and open burning24 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crawford County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Cherry Valley: 18 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Lead, Lead. 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
Halbert's DiggingsIron, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - ClayClayPast Producer
Unknown - CopperCopperPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cherry Valley No. 1 and 2IronPast Producer1879
Cherry Valley Mine Number OneIronPast Producer
Cherry Valley Number Two MineIronPast Producer
Clark MineIronPast ProducerHematite
Clark Mine #1IronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Crawford 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
Patsy0.6 miles22
Elaver1.1 miles22
Westover3.0 miles21
Midland3.6 miles22
Sankey (historical)4.4 miles22
Steelville4.8 miles22
Birds Nest5.7 miles22
Scotia5.8 miles21

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Cherry ValleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27984680The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 737891. 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.