BlockGrimes Mill, Missouri
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Van Buren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65667. It lies near Young Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Fuson quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1931 USGS Manes quadrangle1:48000
- 1941 USGS Manes quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Manes quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Mountain Grove quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Fuson quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
30 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Grimes Mill between 1992 and 2016, burning about 340 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 29 August 1993 | Debris and open burning | 28 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 April 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 April 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 21 April 1994 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 March 1992 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 24 March 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Grimes Mill: 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 - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rayborn | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Latham Mill | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Green Mountain | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Manes | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Maines | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Talmage | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Saint George | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Rail | 4.9 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740889. 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.