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Flatwood, Missouri

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Eminence Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65466. It lies near Keeling Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Alley Spring quadrangle.

Flatwood within Shannon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 22 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

70 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Flatwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,450 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 37 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
Arson/incendiarism37
Debris and open burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Natural1

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
19 August 1999Arson/incendiarism27 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 July 2009Smokingunder an acreOzark National Scenic RiverROUND SPRING PILE WF
8 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 May 1994Smoking1.0 acresOzark National Scenic RiverROUND
9 April 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOzark National Scenic RiverEDSMITH
5 April 1998Arson/incendiarism30 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 1998Arson/incendiarism25 acresOzark National Scenic RiverMILLER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shannon 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 Flatwood: 2 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Copper. 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
McKinney MineCopperPast Producer
Missouri Mining & Lumber Co # 15IronPast Producer
Missouri Mining & Lumber Co # 33IronProspect
Yancey Mountain BankIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Shannon 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
Spur 3 (historical)1.5 miles22
Venice2.7 miles22
House Hollow (historical)3.0 miles22
Ink3.2 miles20
Round Spring4.5 miles20
Alley4.8 miles22
Alley Spring5.3 miles22
West Eminence6.8 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740852. 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.