Cull, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Howell Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65775. The Survey maps it on the Brandsville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1943 USGS Thayer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Thayer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Thayer NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS West Plains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Brandsville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
42 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Cull between 1992 and 2020, burning about 514 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 84 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 20 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 13 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 129648-07523-09132015-0000 |
| 24 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 129647-07523-08242015-0000 |
| 18 July 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 June 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177174-07523-06122018-1740 |
| 11 June 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177173-07523-06112018-1630 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Cull: 16 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beulah Jolliff Land | Iron | Prospect | 1932 | |
| Frank Judd | Iron | Occurrence | Surface | |
| James L. Summers Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | Surface | |
| Livingston Bank | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| R.J. Dill Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | 1910 | |
| Raymond Warren | Iron | Occurrence | Surface | |
| Turley Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1905, 1906 | |
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pocohontas Crossing | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Fanchon | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Chapin | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Brandsville | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Carson (historical) | 6.4 miles | 17 | |
| Frankville | 6.8 miles | 17 | |
| Fruitville | 8.8 miles | 13 | |
| Summers Addition | 8.8 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740786. 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.







