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Chitwood, Missouri

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Logan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63638. It lies near Darr Valley. The Survey maps it on the Ellington quadrangle.

Chitwood within Reynolds County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 18 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

54 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Chitwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,058 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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 burning25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism12
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
12 September 1992Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 June 2018Debris and open burning1.9 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177679-09009-06082018-1639
28 June 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178189-09009-06282018-2150
4 May 2014Debris and open burning8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 May 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 May 2018Debris and open burning2.6 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177678-09009-05012018-1120
9 April 2020Arson/incendiarism71 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190440-00000-04092020-1930
9 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined613 acresMissouri Department of ConservationMILL ROCK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Reynolds 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 Chitwood: 9 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Carter-Buford ProspectManganeseProspect
Ellington Manganese DepositManganeseProspect1941
Evans ProspectIronPast Producer
Evans-Johnson ProspectIronPast Producer
Mccaw-Nash ProspectManganesePast Producer
Missouri Lumber & Mining Co Land #2IronPast Producer
Templeton MineIronPast Producer
Unknown IronIronPast Producer
Unknown ManganeseManganesePast Producer

Every working recorded in Reynolds 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
Ellington3.2 miles18
Oakley3.3 miles18
Grady3.7 miles18
Ruble5.2 miles18
Bedwell5.6 miles17
Webb (historical)6.6 miles18
Helvey (historical)7.2 miles18
Fruit City7.5 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 730449. 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.