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Fertile, Missouri

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Kingston Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63630. It lies near Bald Hill. The Survey maps it on the Tiff quadrangle.

Fertile within Washington County

On record in Fertile

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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.

Fires near this place

71 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Fertile between 1992 and 2018, burning about 766 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Debris and open burning20
Arson/incendiarism11
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 May 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 May 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 1992Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176456-05007-04042018-1829
4 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation135311-05007-04042016-1613
2 April 1994Arson/incendiarism48 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 April 1994Smoking5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 67 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 67 workings within 5 miles of Fertile: 49 past producers, 10 producers, 4 prospects, 3 unknowns. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Iron. 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
Mammoth MineBarium-Barite, Clay, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Shale & ClayClayPast Producer
Skewe's & Valle's Copper MinesCopperPast Producer
Unknown - CopperCopperPast Producer
Campbell MineLead, ZincPast Producer
De Lore ProspectIronPast Producer
Elliot MinesLead, ZincPast Producer
Lee's DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Vineland Tunnel & Hill ShaftIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington 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
Maddens Richwoods1.5 miles18
Cannon Mines1.6 miles18
Baryties1.7 miles18
Cruise Mill2.6 miles18
Rabbitville2.8 miles18
Bliss3.2 miles18
Bellefontaine3.4 miles18
Theabeau Town3.6 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 717889. 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.