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Cold Springs, Missouri

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Tom Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65355. It stands on Blue Branch. The Survey maps it on the Warsaw West quadrangle. It stands 692 feet above sea level.

Cold Springs within Benton County

On record in Cold Springs

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

19 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Cold Springs between 1992 and 2016, burning about 553 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism3
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
23 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined281 acresMissouri Department of ConservationSHOCKMAN
6 April 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 April 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 April 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 March 1992Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation122650-00805-03052015-1545
22 March 1994Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
20 March 1994Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Cold Springs: 8 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Barium-Barite, Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
Blackman MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
Carpenter BankIronPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - Lead-BariteBarium-Barite, LeadProspect
Unknown - Lead-BariteBarium-Barite, LeadProspect
Unknown - Lead-BariteBarium-Barite, LeadProspect
Phillips QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Benton 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
Warsaw0.8 miles23
Blue Branch1.2 miles23
Whitakerville1.4 miles23
White Branch1.5 miles23
Tackner2.5 miles23
Valley View3.0 miles23
Opportunity Farms4.0 miles23
Pom-o-sa Heights4.0 miles23

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 Cold SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5142371The 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 716083. 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.