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Gaylor, Missouri

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Mill Spring Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63957. It lies near Evans Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Mill Spring quadrangle.

Gaylor within Wayne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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.

Fires near this place

49 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Gaylor between 1992 and 2020, burning about 617 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Debris and open burning16
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
3 September 1996Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 July 2020Fireworksunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation220568-02220-07142020-2012
8 April 1994Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 1992Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 1992Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 1992Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 April 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Gaylor: 14 past producers, 7 occurrences, 3 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
UnknownManganesePast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Duncan Bros QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Armstrong MineIronPast Producer
Cedar Bay MineIronPast Producer1882, 1888

Every working recorded in Wayne 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
Leeper1.5 miles18
Chilton (historical)2.8 miles17
Mill Spring2.9 miles18
Beckville3.3 miles18
Piedmont4.1 miles18
Platow7.0 miles18
Virginia Settlement7.7 miles18
Damon7.8 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 730468. 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.