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Girdner, Missouri

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Walls Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65608. The Survey maps it on the Wasola quadrangle.

Girdner within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 14 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

81 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Girdner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,961 acres in total. None started naturally. 30 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 burning35
Arson/incendiarism30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use4

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
7 August 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 August 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 August 1999Debris and open burning12 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 August 1999Debris and open burning20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 August 2020Debris and open burning8.9 acresMissouri Department of Conservation230874-03401-08162020-1556
23 June 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177165-03437-06232018-1633
17 May 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 May 2000Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas 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 Girdner: 4 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Able LandIronProspect
Albert Robison BankIronPast Producer
Hare LandIronPast Producer
Mapes LandIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
Squires2.0 miles14
Silverton2.8 miles14
Hilo (historical)4.0 miles14
Sweden4.8 miles13
Larissa5.4 miles13
Hest5.8 miles13
Vera Cruz6.5 miles13
Rippee (historical)6.5 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 750044. 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.