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Elk Springs, Missouri

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Elk River West Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64854. It stands on Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Noel quadrangle.

Elk Springs within McDonald County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

22 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Elk Springs between 1992 and 2014, burning about 199 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning15
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
3 July 1992Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 July 1997Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
15 July 1992Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 April 1994Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
15 March 1992Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 March 1992Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 March 2002Debris and open burning35 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 March 1995Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McDonald County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Elk Springs: 14 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Armstrong & Cravens QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Jeffers QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
John P Hughes QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Joplin-Elk River Stone Co QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lanagan QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lewis QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Madge Stone Co QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mill Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Railroad QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Truitt QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in McDonald 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
Ginger Blue0.4 miles13
Mount Shira0.4 miles13
Bosky Dell1.3 miles13
Lanagan1.7 miles13
Riverside Inn1.9 miles13
Poole Ford2.2 miles13
Noel3.0 miles13
Spring Valley3.2 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 729879. 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.