Crabbs, Missouri

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Finley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65746. The Survey maps it on the Mansfield NW quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Crabbs within Webster County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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.

1951 USGS Mansfield NW quadrangle1:24000
1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
1977 USGS Mansfield NW quadrangle1:24000
1983 USGS Mountain Grove quadrangle1:100000
1985 USGS Mansfield NW quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

12 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Crabbs (historical) between 1995 and 2001, burning about 257 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 burning	9
Arson/incendiarism	2
Equipment and vehicle use	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
28 September 2001	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
17 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	25 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
25 April 1997	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
2 April 1997	Debris and open burning	150 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
19 April 1997	Debris and open burning	6.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
23 March 2000	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
19 March 1995	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
17 March 1995	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Webster County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Crabbs (historical): 16 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, Lead, Lead. 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
Unknown - Lead + Zinc	Zinc, Lead	Past Producer
Unknown-Lead	Lead	Past Producer
Mansfield Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unknown - Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown - Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Baltimore Mine	Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Black Cat Mine	Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Conway Mine	Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Crow Mine	Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Grey Goose Mine	Lead, Zinc	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Webster 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
Seymour	2.8 miles	14
Waldo	4.3 miles	12
Mountain Dale	4.4 miles	14
Finley Falls	6.4 miles	14
Sarvis Point	6.6 miles	14
Diggins	7.7 miles	14
Olga	10.3 miles	14
High Prairie	11.6 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 737887. 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.