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Gaither, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Mount Vernon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65712. It stands on Dry Fork. The Survey maps it on the Rescue quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Gaither within Lawrence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

26 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Gaither (historical) between 1996 and 2020, burning about 106 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
15 September 2000Smoking1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 August 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177416-05558-08022018-1649
4 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177417-05558-07042018-1659
21 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178998-05533-07212019-0022
18 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177158-05533-06182018-1757
30 April 1996Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 April 2018Debris and open burning38 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176919-05533-04282018-1451
20 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178608-05533-04202019-1702

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Gaither (historical): 19 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc, 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
Boston-Loy MineZinc, LeadPast Producer
Julia West ShaftZinc, LeadPast Producer
Mt. Vernon MineZinc, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - Lead & ZincZinc, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - Lead & ZincZinc, LeadPast Producer
Illinois ShaftLead, ZincPast Producer
Southworth ShaftLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Lead & ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Lead & ZincLead, ZincPast Producer

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
Phelps2.7 miles17
Albatross3.5 miles17
Stotts City4.8 miles17
Miller4.9 miles17
Mount Vernon4.9 miles17
Heatonville5.1 miles17
Rescue5.6 miles17
Hoberg6.1 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740065. 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.