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Forest Park, Missouri

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Pierce Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65708. The Survey maps it on the Monett quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Forest Park within Lawrence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 11 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

17 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Forest Park (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 281 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
2 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
30 August 1995Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
21 July 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresMissouri Department of ConservationLAWRENCE 2210
12 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation230842-00532-07122020-1250
26 April 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 March 2016Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservation134084-05516-03052016-1408
10 March 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Forest Park (historical): 12 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, Lead, 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
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - Lead & ZincZinc, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - Lead & ZincZinc, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - Lead & ZincZinc, LeadPast Producer
Pierce City Lime Co. North QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pierce City Lime Co. South QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - SsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - SsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Globe Prospect Number OneLead, ZincProspect

Every working recorded in Lawrence 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
Globe4.1 miles11
Pierce City4.2 miles11
Freistatt6.1 miles17
Quinn (historical)6.8 miles11
Verona7.1 miles11
Landrum8.8 miles17
Dry Valley8.9 miles18
Clarkson9.1 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 739501. 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.