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Gregg, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Shoal Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64804. It lies near Tanyard Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Joplin West quadrangle.

Gregg within Newton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

117 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Gregg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 952 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 burning55
Missing data/not specified/undetermined48
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 August 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresKansas Forest Service148
17 August 2018Naturalunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177462-07341-08172018-1253
12 August 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresKansas Forest Service156
1 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177367-07341-08012018-0922
9 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177224-07341-07092018-1614
6 July 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresKansas Forest Service138

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 910 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 910 workings within 5 miles of Gregg: 910 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Zinc, 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
Kirshmann-Jeffries QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Marble, DimensionPast Producer
Opossum Hollow QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Taxbox QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Belleville Strip PitZincPast Producer1900
Cox and Owen Stokes LeaseZincPast Producer1915
J&M Mining Co.-Ben PutnamZincPast Producer1895
UnknownZincPast Producer1890, 1916
W. C. MineZincPast Producer1926, 1942
A. W. C. # 5 MineLead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Newton 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
Grand Falls Plaza1.9 miles19
Shoal Creek Drive2.5 miles19
Redings Mill3.1 miles19
Dennis Acres3.1 miles19
Cliff Village3.3 miles19
Midway3.3 miles19
Sunnyvale3.7 miles19
Leawood3.7 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740061. 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.