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Elmwood, Missouri

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Cape Girardeau Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63701. It stands on Ranney Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cape Girardeau quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Elmwood within Cape Girardeau County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 21 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

11 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Elmwood (historical) between 1996 and 2020, burning about 33 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 burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
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
4 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 July 1996Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
20 June 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation230865-01617-06202020-1345
18 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176677-10082-04182018-1049
12 April 2018Debris and open burning1.3 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176676-10082-04122018-0119
1 April 2015Debris and open burning25 acresMissouri Department of Conservation121513-10082-04012015-1324
4 March 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 February 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176674-10082-02092018-1240

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cape Girardeau County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Elmwood (historical): 15 past producers, 4 producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
Marquette Clay PitClayProducer
Arnold Geisler QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Arnold QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Federal MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Houck Stadium QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Jackson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Marquette Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Oglesby QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Southeast Mo Stone Co Quarry & PlntStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cape Girardeau 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
Nash2.3 miles21
Dutchtown4.2 miles19
Cedar Cliffs4.2 miles20
Decatur4.3 miles21
Blomeyer4.6 miles20
Cape Girardeau5.0 miles21
Gordonville6.6 miles19
Delta9.1 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740319. 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.