Cowan, Missouri

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Linden Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65721. The Survey maps it on the Ozark quadrangle.

Cowan within Christian County

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.

1884 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:125000
1886 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1937 USGS Ozark quadrangle1:48000
1943 USGS Ozark quadrangle1:62500
1945 USGS Ozark quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
1970 USGS Ozark quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1979 USGS Ozark quadrangle1:24000
1982 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

75 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Cowan between 1992 and 2017, burning about 115 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 burning	48
Equipment and vehicle use	11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6
Arson/incendiarism	5
Recreation and ceremony	2
Smoking	2
Natural	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
7 September 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
20 September 2011	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
14 September 2000	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
10 September 1999	Smoking	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
1 September 2011	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
31 August 1999	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
27 August 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
24 August 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Christian County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Cowan: 7 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Elk Valley Diggings	Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Bennett Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Joe Howard Quarry and Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Midland Quarry and Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Rieves Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Sprice Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown - Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Christian 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
Pembina	2.8 miles	23
Linden	3.0 miles	23
Cassidy	4.0 miles	23
Fremont Hills	4.1 miles	23
McCracken	4.3 miles	23
Ozark	4.3 miles	23
Nixa	6.9 miles	21
Sparta	7.2 miles	23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740517. 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.