Ellsworth, Missouri

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Lynch Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65542. It lies near Gillian Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Success quadrangle.

Ellsworth within Texas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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.

1941 USGS Bado quadrangle1:62500
1943 USGS Bado quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Mountain Grove quadrangle1:100000
1987 USGS Success quadrangle1:24000
2004 USGS Success quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

56 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Ellsworth between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,698 acres in total. None started naturally. 31 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
Arson/incendiarism	31
Debris and open burning	15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5
Equipment and vehicle use	5

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
13 September 1995	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
12 July 2012	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Mark Twain National Forest	BRABO BALES
22 May 1996	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Mark Twain National Forest	VADA
21 May 2000	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
13 May 1997	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	32 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
9 April 2000	Arson/incendiarism	89 acres	Mark Twain National Forest	CRANE
7 April 1998	Arson/incendiarism	131 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
6 April 2008	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Mark Twain National Forest	BLUFF TOUR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Texas County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Ellsworth: 1 past producer. 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Unknown - Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Texas 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Raftville (historical)	1.2 miles	21
Vada	2.5 miles	15
Ellis Prairie	3.1 miles	15
Venable	3.4 miles	21
Old Success	4.0 miles	15
Success	4.1 miles	15
Mitchells Corner	4.4 miles	15
Prescott	4.9 miles	21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 735321. 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.