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Green Mound Ridge, Missouri

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1985. It stands in South Galloway Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65669. The Survey maps it on the Highlandville quadrangle.

Green Mound Ridge within Christian County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 12 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

41 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Green Mound Ridge between 1992 and 2002, burning about 749 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 burning26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
13 September 1996Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 1997Debris and open burning250 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 1997Debris and open burning30 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Christian 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 Green Mound Ridge: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc. 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 - Lead-ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Lead-ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Walters QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Christian 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
Spokane3.0 miles12
Bengal3.2 miles12
Highlandville3.2 miles12
Chestnutridge3.8 miles12
Eaudevie (historical)4.3 miles15
Saddlebrooke4.8 miles15
Montague4.8 miles12
Lawing (historical)4.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 733169. 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.