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English Town, Missouri

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 2000. It stands in Arcadia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63663. It stands on East Branch Knob Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ironton quadrangle.

English Town within Iron County

On record in English Town

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 25 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

27 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of English Town between 1992 and 2020, burning about 360 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
3 September 1996Recreation and ceremony10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 September 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 May 1997Smoking223 acresMark Twain National ForestLAKE KILLARNEY
9 April 1994Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 2013Debris and open burning8.3 acresMark Twain National Forest334
4 April 1992Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 April 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 March 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Iron County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 33 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of English Town: 28 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Granite, Limestone, Dimension, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Sheahan Granite QuarryTin, Stone, DimensionPast Producer1888
Shepherd MountainIron, Sulfur, Phosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer1815
Unknown - Lead - IronIron, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - Lead ProspectLeadProspect
Jones QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hastings QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Russell QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Unknown - Ls DimensionLimestone, DimensionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Iron 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
Pilot Knob0.1 miles25
Wilsonville1.7 miles25
Ironton1.9 miles25
Russellville2.4 miles25
Ghermanville2.4 miles24
Snow Hollow Lake2.4 miles24
Arcadia2.5 miles25
Middlebrook2.8 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 736637. 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.