Copeland, Missouri

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Monegaw Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64724. The Survey maps it on the Monegaw Springs NW quadrangle.

Copeland within St. Clair County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

1887 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:125000
1894 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Monegaw Springs NW quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1983 USGS Harry S Truman Reservoir quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

4 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Copeland between 2016 and 2018, burning about 123 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Debris and open burning	1
Arson/incendiarism	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
3 March 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	120 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
10 February 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	139872-04226-02102016-1530
26 January 2018	Debris and open burning	1.1 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	178017-04226-01262018-1520
12 January 2017	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Clair County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Copeland: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	High Hat Mine	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in St. Clair 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Ohio	3.7 miles	17
Johnson City	5.4 miles	19
Iuka Springs	6.6 miles	19
Appleton City	6.7 miles	15
Lindale	7.9 miles	15
Chalk Level	8.4 miles	20
Chloe	9.0 miles	20
Lowry City	10.0 miles	20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 758126. 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.