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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 21 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.
- 1922 USGS Cape Girardeau quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1924 USGS Cape Girardeau quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Cape Girardeau quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Cape Girardeau quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cape Girardeau quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Cape Girardeau quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 1996Regional 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 burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 July 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 20 June 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230865-01617-06202020-1345 |
| 18 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176677-10082-04182018-1049 |
| 12 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176676-10082-04122018-0119 |
| 1 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 121513-10082-04012015-1324 |
| 4 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 February 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176674-10082-02092018-1240 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marquette Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Arnold Geisler Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Arnold Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Federal Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Houck Stadium Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Jackson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Marquette Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Oglesby Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Southeast Mo Stone Co Quarry & Plnt | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nash | 2.3 miles | 21 | |
| Dutchtown | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| Cedar Cliffs | 4.2 miles | 20 | |
| Decatur | 4.3 miles | 21 | |
| Blomeyer | 4.6 miles | 20 | |
| Cape Girardeau | 5.0 miles | 21 | |
| Gordonville | 6.6 miles | 19 | |
| Delta | 9.1 miles | 20 |
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.











