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Elliott, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Mount Vernon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65605. It stands on Elm Branch. The Survey maps it on the Chesapeake quadrangle.

Elliott within Lawrence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

63 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Elliott between 1994 and 2020, burning about 353 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 burning29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural1
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
25 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation230726-05533-09252020-1816
14 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 August 2020Debris and open burning3.3 acresMissouri Department of Conservation220645-05533-08282020-1647
27 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177221-05533-07072018-1340
5 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 136 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 136 workings within 5 miles of Elliott: 129 past producers, 7 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Lead, Copper. 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 - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadProspect
Unknown - Lead & CopperCopper, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - Lead & Zinc & CopperLead, Zinc, CopperPast Producer
Unknown - ZincZincProspect
Allen MineZinc, LeadPast Producer
Annie Roonie MineZinc, LeadPast Producer
Apple and Son MineZinc, LeadPast Producer
Aquatic MineZinc, LeadPast Producer
Arrow MineZinc, LeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lawrence 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
Orange1.6 miles19
Opal1.9 miles17
Aurora5.2 miles12
Mount Vernon5.6 miles17
Hoberg5.7 miles17
Verona6.0 miles11
Chesapeake6.2 miles19
Marionville6.5 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740830. 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.