Ebb, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Roscoe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64744. The Survey maps it on the Tiffin quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Ebb within St. Clair County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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.

1886 USGS Stockton quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1937 USGS Tiffin quadrangle1:24000
1937 USGS Tiffin quadrangle1:31680
1941 USGS Tiffin quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
1949 USGS Tiffin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:100000
1991 USGS Tiffin quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

17 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Ebb (historical) between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,571 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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	11
Arson/incendiarism	3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3

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
26 July 2011	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
9 April 2014	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
7 April 2001	Arson/incendiarism	293 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
27 March 1995	Debris and open burning	240 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
23 March 2014	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
22 March 1994	Debris and open burning	20 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
21 March 1995	Debris and open burning	230 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
2 March 1992	Debris and open burning	8.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Clair County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Ebb (historical): 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
	Capp's Shaft	Zinc	Past Producer
	Unknown - Ls.	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in St. Clair 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Story (historical)	1.1 miles	16
New Oyer	1.5 miles	16
Oyer	2.1 miles	16
Crooks Springs	2.1 miles	16
Tiffin	3.7 miles	19
Roscoe	4.5 miles	16
Pape	4.8 miles	19
Osage Heights	5.0 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 758129. 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.