Expansion, Missouri

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Clay B Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65742. The Survey maps it on the Galloway quadrangle.

Expansion within Greene County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 28 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.

1884 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:125000
1886 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1937 USGS Galloway quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1937 USGS Ozark quadrangle1:48000
1943 USGS Ozark quadrangle1:62500
1945 USGS Ozark quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1948 USGS Galloway quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Galloway quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1982 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
1996 USGS Galloway quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

105 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Expansion between 1992 and 2017, burning about 178 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 8 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 burning	60
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	14
Equipment and vehicle use	13
Arson/incendiarism	8
Recreation and ceremony	4
Smoking	4
Natural	2

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
14 September 2000	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
10 September 1999	Smoking	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
1 September 2011	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
31 August 1999	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
28 August 1995	Smoking	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
27 August 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
24 August 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
24 August 1995	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greene County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 45 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 45 workings within 5 miles of Expansion: 39 past producers, 4 producers, 2 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Gem Mine	Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Phelps Mines	Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Unknown	Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Unknown	Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Wolverine Shaft Number Three	Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Ash Grove Cement Co - Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer	Surface
Ash Grove Mine	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Ash Grove Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Bennett Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Midland Quarry and Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Greene 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
Mentor	2.0 miles	23
Palace (historical)	2.1 miles	23
Galloway	2.1 miles	28
Sequiota	2.3 miles	28
Pembina	3.2 miles	23
Kissick	3.6 miles	21
Mumford	3.6 miles	28
Turners	3.9 miles	28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740377. 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.