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Dinsmore, Missouri

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Madison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64673. The Survey maps it on the Modena quadrangle.

Dinsmore within Mercer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

13 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Dinsmore between 2014 and 2018, burning about 176 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Smoking3
Debris and open burning2

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
5 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.6 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177461-02319-06052018-1134
21 May 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresMissouri Department of Conservation125911-02319-04282015-1414
27 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation125912-02319-04272015-1535
8 March 2015Smoking5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation120251-02319-03082015-1319
30 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177102-02319-03302018-1449
22 March 2018Smokingunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177103-02319-03222018-2318

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mercer County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Dinsmore: 4 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Livesay Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ray Arney QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Mercer 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
Modena4.4 miles10
Goshen4.5 miles10
Mill Grove8.3 miles10
Princeton9.6 miles10
Alvord (historical)11.2 miles10
Burrows12.1 miles10
Saline12.9 miles7
Adel13.7 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740268. 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.