BlockEllerslie, Missouri
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2000. It stands in Cedar Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65063. It stands on Murray Branch. The Survey maps it on the New Bloomfield quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 22 printed sheetsMatched 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 Jefferson City quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1939 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS New Bloomfield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:100000
- 2000 USGS New Bloomfield quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
23 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Ellerslie (historical) between 1999 and 2019, burning about 52 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 burning | 12 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 29 June 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 123830-01416-05042015-0000 |
| 20 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.5 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178643-01416-04202019-1558 |
| 18 April 1999 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176470-01419-03042018-1414 |
| 31 March 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 121380-01416-03312015-1019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Ellerslie (historical): 15 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunn Bank | Coal, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Huesgens Prospect | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bartlett Bank | Iron | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Bloomfield | 0.2 miles | 22 | |
| Guthrie | 2.5 miles | 21 | |
| Lake Mykee Town | 3.1 miles | 22 | |
| Folsom | 3.3 miles | 24 | |
| Dixie | 4.5 miles | 22 | |
| Howards Bluff (historical) | 5.4 miles | 22 | |
| Holts Summit | 5.7 miles | 22 | |
| Carrington | 6.3 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 753750. 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.