BlockFour Points, Missouri
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Courtois Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65565. It stands on Dans Branch. The Survey maps it on the Berryman quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 23 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.
- 1943 USGS Berryman quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Berryman quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Berryman quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1999 USGS Berryman quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
59 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Four Points between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,350 acres in total. None started naturally. 22 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/incendiarism | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 July 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | TROTTER |
| 18 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | BERRYMAN |
| 8 April 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | not named |
| 5 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.7 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | SERVICE BERRY |
| 4 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | 55 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | WOODS LAKE |
| 30 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 April 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 33 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | SAND HILL |
| 29 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | POWERLINE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Four Points: 23 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Iron, Lead, Zinc, Zinc, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harman Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Kings Mountain Mines | Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Poverty Flat Workings | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | 1890 | |
| Lead Mountain Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Mathews Mines North | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Poverty Flat Diggings | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Ransom's Diggings | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Stanford Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Willians Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Christy Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 749964. 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.