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Genova, Missouri

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64601. The Survey maps it on the Shearwood quadrangle.

Genova within Livingston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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.

In the county-history sources

1,170 words on this township

Past and Present of Livingston County, Missouri : a Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement, published 1913 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Jackson Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Jackson Township - 1,170 words.

Fires near this place

8 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Genova between 1992 and 2019, burning about 332 acres in total. 1 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 burning5
Natural1
Smoking1
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
31 July 1999Misuse of fire by a minor6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 2019Debris and open burning4.2 acresMissouri Department of Conservation178831-05996-04082019-1341
22 April 2018Debris and open burning16 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176694-05996-04222018-1720
12 April 2018Debris and open burning50 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176689-05996-04122018-1339
12 April 2018Debris and open burning237 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176690-05996-04122018-1605
30 December 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
27 January 2018Natural11 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176110-05996-01272018-1319
19 January 1992Smoking5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Livingston County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Genova: 13 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jackson Twp QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Jackson Twp QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Livingston 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
Springhill3.9 miles12
Silverleaf4.7 miles12
Sampsel6.3 miles12
Farmersville9.4 miles12
Sturges11.0 miles12
Mooresville11.1 miles13
Chillicothe11.1 miles12
Utica11.9 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740223. 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.