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Grace, Missouri

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Eldridge Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65463. The Survey maps it on the Eldridge East quadrangle.

Grace within Laclede County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

180 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 180 fires within 5 miles of Grace between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,308 acres in total. None started naturally. 71 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 burning74
Arson/incendiarism71
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
9 September 1999Debris and open burning9.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 September 2000Debris and open burning40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism45 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
20 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Laclede County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Grace: 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Lead, Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Lead. 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
Wheeler MinesZinc, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - Lead-ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wheeler MinesLead, ZincPast Producer
Ambrose Clark BankIronPast Producer
Gregory BankIronPast Producer
Tier Bank PitIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Laclede 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
Case1.4 miles16
Eldridge1.9 miles14
Bidwell2.1 miles14
Prosperine4.6 miles16
Sweet Hollow Ford (historical)5.3 miles16
Dove5.7 miles14
Ira5.7 miles16
Tom Hollow Ford (historical)5.7 miles16

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on GraceAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27985614The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740881. 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.