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Dell, Missouri

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Fristoe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65355. The Survey maps it on the Warsaw East quadrangle. It stands 965 feet above sea level.

Dell within Benton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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.

Fires near this place

35 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Dell between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,251 acres in total. None 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 burning20
Recreation and ceremony5
Arson/incendiarism5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
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
25 September 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 May 2015Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation124270-00810-05012015-1530
7 April 1992Debris and open burning60 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 April 1993Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1995Debris and open burning25 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 April 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benton 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 Dell: 12 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Barium-Barite, Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hopkins DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Unknown - Lead-ZincZinc, LeadPast Producer
Grissom BankIronPast Producer
Richwoods BankIronPast Producer
Unknown - Lead-BariteBarium-Barite, LeadProspect
Unknown - Lead-BariteBarium-Barite, LeadProspect
Unknown - Lead-BariteBarium-Barite, LeadProspect
Unknown - Lead-BariteBarium-Barite, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Benton 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
Dell Junction0.5 miles23
Gabriels Mills2.0 miles23
Majorville2.2 miles23
Fristoe4.2 miles20
Whitakerville4.4 miles23
Pom-o-sa Heights4.6 miles23
Fairfield (historical)4.8 miles23
White Branch4.9 miles23

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on DellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5254099The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 755545. 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.