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Crites Corner, Missouri

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63937. The Survey maps it on the Hunter quadrangle.

Crites Corner within Carter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

59 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Crites Corner between 1992 and 2015, burning about 1,503 acres in total. None started naturally. 21 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 burning26
Arson/incendiarism21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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
4 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresMark Twain National ForestOTIS
26 September 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresMark Twain National ForestLOG CABIN FIRE
21 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 August 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 August 1993Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 July 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
15 May 1993Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carter County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Crites Corner: 9 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese. 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
UnknownManganesePast Producer
UnknownManganesePast Producer
Crescent MineIronPast Producer
Devils Kitchen MineIronPast Producer
Hutchinson MineIronPast Producer
Kime & Hartley ProspectIronProspect
Malin MineIronPast Producer
Orchard Mine Pit # 5IronPast Producer
Tract # 25IronUnknown
UnknownIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Carter 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
Ellsinore4.2 miles13
Hunter4.4 miles11
Chilton5.4 miles12
Grandin8.4 miles11
Keeney Corner9.1 miles17
Chicopee10.0 miles13
South Van Buren10.5 miles13
Homestead (historical)10.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 749521. 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.