Famous, Missouri

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Bedford Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63379. It stands on Paris Branch. The Survey maps it on the Silex quadrangle.

Famous within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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.

1890 USGS Louisiana quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1937 USGS Silex quadrangle1:62500
1939 USGS Silex quadrangle1:48000
1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1975 USGS Silex quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Mexico quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

4 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Famous between 1997 and 2007, burning about 9 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	3
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
9 April 1997	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
17 April 1997	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
6 March 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	3.0 acres	Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
28 March 1997	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Famous: 7 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. 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
Morris Bank	Iron	Past Producer
Behrens Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Hammond Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Lincoln Co Hwy Dept	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Lincoln Co Hwy Dept	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Magruder Quarry & Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	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 Lincoln 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
Cuivre Heights	1.1 miles	13
Davis	1.6 miles	16
Cave	2.0 miles	16
Stepanek Crossing	3.0 miles	16
Mackville	3.0 miles	16
Briscoe	3.2 miles	16
Mashek (historical)	4.0 miles	16
Troy	4.2 miles	24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740609. 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.