Fairview, Missouri

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Cedar Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64744. It stands on Alder Creek. The Survey maps it on the Caplinger Mills quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Fairview within Cedar County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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.

1886 USGS Stockton quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1939 USGS Caplinger Mills quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1941 USGS Caplinger Mills quadrangle1:24000
1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:100000
1991 USGS Caplinger Mills quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

21 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Fairview (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 423 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 burning	17
Arson/incendiarism	3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
27 September 1999	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
6 July 1992	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
14 April 1997	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
9 March 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
4 March 1994	Debris and open burning	140 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
27 March 1993	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
25 March 2018	Debris and open burning	8.2 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	176339-02007-03252018-2030
22 March 1994	Debris and open burning	20 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cedar County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Fairview (historical): 4 past producers. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Cleveland Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown - Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown - Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown - Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Cedar 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
Hackleman Corner	2.7 miles	18
Ivy	2.9 miles	18
Caplinger Mills	3.7 miles	18
Cedar Springs	4.4 miles	17
Edsall (historical)	5.3 miles	14
Filley	5.6 miles	17
Coal Hill	5.7 miles	19
Willowville	5.8 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 754350. 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.