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Grays Point, Missouri

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Kelso Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63780. It lies near Sawmill Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Thebes quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Grays Point within Scott County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 22 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

24 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Grays Point (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 244 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
6 September 2006Debris and open burning2.5 acresShawnee National ForestMUD PUPPY
9 August 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShawnee National ForestBEAN RIDGE
29 August 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreShawnee National ForestSEXTON CREEK
8 May 2018Arson/incendiarism90 acresShawnee National ForestREIMAN
5 April 2007Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreShawnee National ForestGALE FIRE
3 April 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesBEAN
25 April 2014Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreShawnee National ForestGALE
19 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined47 acresShawnee National ForestREIMANN ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Scott County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Grays Point (historical): 4 producers, 3 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Silica. 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
Shawnee Special Use Silica Deposit 3SilicaOccurrence
Marquette Clay PitClayProducer
Miss.River Shale ExposureClayProspect
Federal MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Grays Point Quarry #2 & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Marquette Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Thebes Sandstone DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Scott 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
Hilltop2.1 miles21
Illmo2.6 miles21
Scott City3.4 miles21
Zewapeta4.9 miles22
New York (historical)5.2 miles22
Kelso5.5 miles21
Commerce5.8 miles22
Kagel9.0 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 765600. 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.