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Ebo, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63664. It lies near Rabbit Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Ebo quadrangle.

Ebo within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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.

Fires near this place

78 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Ebo between 1992 and 2018, burning about 969 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Debris and open burning27
Arson/incendiarism12
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
15 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.3 acresMark Twain National ForestFLOYD
14 September 2013Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 August 1999Debris and open burning40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
30 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 May 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 May 1997Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 May 1997Arson/incendiarism13 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Ebo: 33 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Barium-Barite, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Nickel, Cobalt, Cadmium. 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
Duclois DiggingsBarium-Barite, LeadUnknown
Indian Creek DivisionLead, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Nickel, Cobalt, CadmiumPast Producer1948, 1954
Shore DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer
Tirrel MineIronPast Producer
Arnault BranchBarium-BaritePast ProducerSurface
Arnault MineBarium-BariteProducerBarite
Arnault Mine & PlantBarium-BaritePast Producer
Breton Creek MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
Crawfish DiggingsBarium-BariteProspect
Superior Minerals PlantBarium-BaritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington 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
Fourche a Renault (historical)1.5 miles19
Aptus2.9 miles19
Latty3.7 miles21
Floyd5.6 miles22
Camp Lakewood5.6 miles22
Robidoux7.2 miles19
Northcut7.5 miles19
Racola7.6 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 754052. 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.