BlockFarewell, Missouri
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Jeff Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65791. It stands on South Fork Janes Creek. The Survey maps it on the Myrtle quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1944 USGS Couch quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Couch quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Myrtle quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS West Plains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
35 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Farewell between 1995 and 2020, burning about 550 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 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 | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 15 August 2012 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 July 1997 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 14 July 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 24 June 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Farewell: 3 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Kaolin, Iron, Iron, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Iron & Clay | Kaolin, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron & Zinc | Iron, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Pointer Mine | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Unk | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Wrenfrow Prospect | Iron | Prospect |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Farewell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27986186 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740846. 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.