Gresham, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1982. It stands in East Looney Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65781. It stands on North Dry Sac River. The Survey maps it on the Morrisville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Gresham within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

1884 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:125000
1886 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Morrisville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1982 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

49 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Gresham (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 568 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 burning	22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	14
Smoking	4
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Arson/incendiarism	3
Recreation and ceremony	1
Other causes	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
8 September 1999	Debris and open burning	7.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
4 September 1999	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
6 August 2018	Debris and open burning	1.1 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	177744-03905-08062018-1034
5 August 1997	Debris and open burning	69 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
18 July 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Missouri Department of Conservation	220574-08407-07182020-1220
18 June 2018	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	177743-03905-06182018-0841
5 April 2018	Debris and open burning	2.4 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	177740-03905-04052018-1426
4 April 2006	Arson/incendiarism	40 acres	Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk 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 Gresham (historical): 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Unknown - Limestone	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Polk 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Brighton	3.5 miles	17
West Bend	4.0 miles	17
Morrisville	4.1 miles	17
Graydon Springs	6.2 miles	16
Wishart	6.6 miles	17
Cedar Vista	7.1 miles	16
Pleasant Hope	7.2 miles	17
Slagle	7.5 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740110. 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.