Friendly Valley, Missouri

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Central Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63775. It stands on Sandy Branch. The Survey maps it on the Perryville West quadrangle.

Friendly Valley within Perry County

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.

1923 USGS Perryville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1924 USGS Perryville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1980 USGS Perryville West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1984 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:100000
1986 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:100000
1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

7 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Friendly Valley between 1994 and 2018, burning about 206 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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	6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
20 April 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Missouri Department of Conservation	176801-09435-04202018-1431
25 March 1995	Debris and open burning	33 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
24 March 1995	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
15 March 1994	Debris and open burning	26 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
16 February 2011	Debris and open burning	120 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
13 February 2011	Debris and open burning	25 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
13 February 2011	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Perry County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Friendly Valley: 7 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Planena Mines	Lead	Past Producer
Unknown	Clay	Past Producer
Gibbar Bros Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Orths Pit & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Perry 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Highland	2.0 miles	18
Shakertowne	2.0 miles	18
Perryville	3.5 miles	18
Silver Lake	4.2 miles	18
Millheim	5.2 miles	17
Friedenberg	6.2 miles	18
Brewer	6.3 miles	23
Biehle	6.9 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 738565. 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.