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Corsicana, Missouri

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Corsicana Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65734. The Survey maps it on the Purdy quadrangle.

Corsicana within Barry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 11 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

38 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Corsicana between 1992 and 2019, burning about 206 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 September 2000Debris and open burning6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 September 1996Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177596-00505-08062018-1314
5 August 1994Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177595-00505-08042018-1555

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barry County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Corsicana: 13 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, 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
Allen & Stark MineZinc, LeadPast Producer
Pulaskifield Quarry + MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Feney LandLead, ZincProspect
Morton LandLead, ZincPast Producer
Northcutt MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Pioneer MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Polish Queen MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Red Dog MineLead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Barry 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
Sunrise3.4 miles11
Burtonville3.5 miles11
Pioneer4.1 miles11
Wheaton4.1 miles11
Purdy4.1 miles11
Butterfield5.7 miles11
East Purdy6.3 miles11
El Paso (historical)6.3 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740769. 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.