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Graniteville, Missouri

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Iron Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63650. It lies near Middlebrook Hill. The Survey maps it on the Graniteville quadrangle.

Graniteville within Iron County

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 24 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

26 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Graniteville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 148 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 burning12
Arson/incendiarism5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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 1996Recreation and ceremony10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 September 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 May 1992Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 1994Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 April 1992Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 April 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 April 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 April 1993Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Iron County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Graniteville: 28 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension. 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
Buford MtnIron, ManganesePast Producer
Sheahan Granite QuarryTin, Stone, DimensionPast Producer1888
Shepherd MountainIron, Sulfur, Phosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer1815
Unknown - Lead - IronIron, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - Lead ProspectLeadProspect
Unknown - Ls DimensionLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Unknown -LsLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Jones QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Iron County

Storms near this place

1 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Graniteville in 1 storm report in 1993: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 1993HailGraniteville-Reported by the county sheriff's office.

Every storm recorded in Iron 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
Ghermanville0.5 miles24
Snow Hollow Lake1.5 miles24
Middlebrook1.9 miles24
English Town2.8 miles25
Pilot Knob2.9 miles25
Pin Hook3.6 miles24
Belleview4.1 miles24
Wilsonville4.5 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 718694. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.