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Ginlet, Missouri

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2000. It stands in Three Creeks Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65201. The Survey maps it on the Millersburg SW quadrangle.

Ginlet within Boone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

9 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Ginlet between 1992 and 2007, burning about 127 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

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
1 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
9 April 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 1992Debris and open burning120 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 1992Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
21 March 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
26 February 2005Smokingunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
23 February 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 February 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boone County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Ginlet: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Callaway Rock Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Boone 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
Summerville (historical)1.0 miles23
Englewood2.7 miles23
Deer Park3.1 miles21
Elkhurst3.7 miles21
Harg5.1 miles22
Pierpont6.5 miles21
Ashland6.8 miles21
Shaw7.9 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 759356. 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.