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Edsall, Missouri

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Linn Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65785. It stands on Buckfoot Branch. The Survey maps it on the Wagoner quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Edsall within Cedar County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

18 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Edsall (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 297 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism1

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
2 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.4 acresMissouri Department of Conservation220639-02007-08022020-1545
27 July 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177324-02007-07272018-1326
9 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation190458-02007-04092020-1505
7 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 April 2018Debris and open burning6.3 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176733-02007-04282018-2124
24 April 2018Debris and open burning4.4 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176685-02007-04242018-1500
11 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.4 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190459-02007-04112020-1730
4 March 1994Debris and open burning140 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cedar County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Edsall (historical): 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Barium-Barite, Zinc. 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
Unknown - Barite + ZincBarium-Barite, ZincPast Producer
Jefferson Township QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cedar 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
Ivy2.8 miles18
Filley2.9 miles17
Wagoner5.0 miles14
Pacetown5.1 miles17
Fairview (historical)5.3 miles18
Stockton6.2 miles15
Caplinger Mills6.3 miles18
Willowville6.8 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740583. 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.