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Fruitville, Missouri

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Howell Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65775. It stands on Gordon Branch. The Survey maps it on the Lanton quadrangle.

Fruitville within Howell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

35 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Fruitville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,049 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1

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
25 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 August 1995Equipment and vehicle use10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
20 July 2001Debris and open burning6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 May 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
15 May 2000Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 1995Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 1992Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Howell County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Fruitville: 15 past producers, 4 prospects, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ben Brian ProspectIronOccurrenceSurface
Chapin MineIronPast Producer
Dorshler and Tresch MineIronPast Producer1950
Edward Davis PropertyIronPast Producer
Fruitville # 1IronProspect
Fruitville # 2 MineIronProspect
Fruitville # 4IronProspect
Fruitville Bank # 3IronProspect
Haight TractIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Howell 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
Mott (historical)3.5 miles13
Globe3.7 miles13
Brandsville4.6 miles13
Cottbus5.0 miles17
Chapin5.1 miles17
Frankville6.0 miles17
Pocohontas Crossing6.3 miles13
Carson (historical)6.8 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 735150. 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.