Green Town, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Thayer Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65791. It stands on Twomile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Thayer quadrangle.
On record in Green Town
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Church of the Holy Trinitylisted 2017 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1943 USGS Thayer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Thayer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Thayer SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS West Plains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Thayer quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
88 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Green Town between 1992 and 2020, burning about 850 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 burning | 50 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 August 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177597-02259-07042018-1845 |
| 30 July 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Green Town: 5 past producers, 5 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowers S&G Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Joe Kolosky Prospect | Lead, Silver | Prospect | ||
| E C Mainprize Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | 1943 | |
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Arthur Arnold | Iron | Occurrence | Surface | |
| Clyde Led Be Her Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Gus Hubble Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Ragan Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Ray Gladden Property | Iron | Prospect | 1895 | |
| Rebecca Brazeal Land | Iron | Prospect | 1930 |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Town | 0.7 miles | 13 | |
| Thayer | 0.7 miles | 13 | |
| Shelby | 1.3 miles | 13 | |
| Allen Ford | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Clifton | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Sloan Ford | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Corona | 7.4 miles | 13 | |
| Midway | 7.5 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 718812. 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.







