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Cossville, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Duval Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64855. The Survey maps it on the Neck City quadrangle.

Cossville within Jasper County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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.

In the county-history sources

12,140 words on this township

The History of Jasper County, Missouri : Including a Condensed History of the State, a Complete History of Carthage and Joplin, Other Towns and Townships : Together with Numerous Portraits of Prominent Men : Cuts of Elegant Residences and Public Buildings : a Sectional Map of the County : Biographical Sketches of Many Enterprising Farmers, Merchants, Mechanics, Professional, and Business Men : the Constitution of the State : an Abstract of Laws : an Elaborate History of Jasper County - Its Topography, Natural History, Pioneers, Organization, Political History, Courts and Bar, Religious, Educational, Medical, Agricultural, Mining, and Horticultural, Its Commercial and Business Interests, Etc, published 1883 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Duval Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Duval Township - 12,140 words.

Fires near this place

25 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Cossville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 134 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Debris and open burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Fireworks1
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
25 September 2020Debris and open burning7.4 acresMissouri Department of Conservation230753-02439-09252020-1455
19 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 July 2020Fireworks24 acresMissouri Department of Conservation230721-04902-07052020-1125
7 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation200517-02439-06072019-2330
17 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.4 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177913-04902-05172018-1641
12 May 1994Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190403-04955-04082020-1515
6 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190402-04955-04062020-1340

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jasper County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Cossville: 7 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, Lead, Zinc. 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
Quick Seven MineZincPast Producer1870, 1920
Big Kate MineZinc, LeadPast Producer
Nelson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Samolia MineZinc, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Bull Dog MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Century MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Red Brush MineLead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jasper 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
Tuckers Corner2.0 miles17
Medoc4.4 miles22
Preston4.5 miles17
Neck City4.8 miles17
Galesburg5.3 miles22
Purcell5.8 miles17
Alba6.3 miles17
Jasper7.8 miles17

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.

Wikidata item Q122566502The 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 716336. 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.