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Green Mountain, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Van Buren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65711. The Survey maps it on the Dawson quadrangle.

Green Mountain within Wright County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

28 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Green Mountain between 1992 and 2016, burning about 377 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning18
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3

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 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 August 1997Debris and open burning20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 1995Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 1992Debris and open burning12 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
21 April 1994Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation128213-11415-04122015-2007
10 April 2015Debris and open burning15 acresMissouri Department of Conservation128211-11415-04102015-1651
10 April 1993Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wright County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Green Mountain: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wright 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
Graff2.6 miles17
Rail2.7 miles17
Rayborn2.8 miles17
Astoria3.6 miles17
Maines3.7 miles17
Grimes Mill3.7 miles16
Manes3.8 miles17
Latham Mill4.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 750142. 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.