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Elaver, Missouri

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Courtois Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65565. The Survey maps it on the Steelville quadrangle.

Elaver within Crawford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 22 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

43 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Elaver between 1992 and 2019, burning about 605 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
Debris and open burning23
Arson/incendiarism12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
20 June 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation144800-02811-06202016-1354
1 May 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 1992Debris and open burning55 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 April 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
29 April 1997Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresMark Twain National ForestWESTOVER DUMP
24 April 1997Debris and open burning15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1997Debris and open burning24 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
15 April 2004Debris and open burning6.1 acresMark Twain National ForestGIBBS SPRING

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crawford County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Elaver: 17 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Lead. 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
Halbert's DiggingsIron, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - ClayClayPast Producer
Unknown - CopperCopperPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Zane MineSulfur-PyritePast Producer
Cherry Valley No. 1 and 2IronPast Producer1879
Cherry Valley Mine Number OneIronPast Producer
Cherry Valley Number Two MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Crawford 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
Patsy0.6 miles22
Cherry Valley1.1 miles22
Midland2.7 miles22
Sankey (historical)3.5 miles22
Steelville4.0 miles22
Westover4.2 miles21
Birds Nest4.7 miles22
Wildwoods4.9 miles22

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 ElaverAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27984699The 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 749808. 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.