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De Camp, Missouri

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Meramec Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65559. It stands on Elliot Branch. The Survey maps it on the Maramec Spring quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

De Camp within Phelps County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 22 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

43 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of De Camp (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,074 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 burning23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
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
29 September 1997Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation220561-08110-07112020-1755
28 May 1992Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 May 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 May 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 May 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 April 1992Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 April 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Phelps County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of De Camp (historical): 21 past producers, 6 prospects, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Copper, Copper, Iron, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Kelly Mine No. 3Copper, IronOccurrenceLimonite
UnkFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Decamp MineIron, CopperPast ProducerLimonite, Marcasite
Reed MineIron, CopperPast ProducerSurface/Underground
Stimson MineIron, CopperPast Producer1880
C O Parry ProspectIronProspect
Cooper MineIronPast Producer
Decamp MineIronPast Producer
Hammock Flat RocksIronProspect

Every working recorded in Phelps 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
Dean Ford2.8 miles23
Austria (historical)4.1 miles20
Winkler4.9 miles20
Meramec Springs (historical)5.0 miles22
Clinton6.3 miles20
Seaton6.4 miles20
Boys Town of Missouri6.5 miles22
Saint James6.8 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740040. 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.