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Grimmet, Missouri

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Spring Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65775. The Survey maps it on the Siloam Springs quadrangle.

Grimmet within Howell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 13 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

106 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Grimmet between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,638 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 71 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
Arson/incendiarism71
Debris and open burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural1
Smoking1

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
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestLATE NIGHT
29 September 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMark Twain National ForestBUDDY
23 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.4 acresMissouri Department of Conservation241130-04633-09232020-1635
31 August 2000Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMark Twain National ForestINSURANCE
21 August 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation261340-14639-08212020-1427
17 August 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestHOT STUFF
9 July 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 June 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution1.2 acresMissouri Department of Conservation241131-04633-06032020-1138

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Howell County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Grimmet: 13 past producers, 8 prospects, 3 occurrences, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Lead, Zinc. 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
P T Henry ProspectLead, ZincProspect
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Walter Simmons ProspectLeadProspect
Doss and Harper MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Kilkenny Lime QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Big Clark MineIronPast Producer
Delbert Gregory ProspectIronOccurrence1905
Earl Fines PropertyIronOccurrence1953
Everett Mincner PropertyIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Howell 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
Siloam Springs3.8 miles13
Crider5.8 miles13
Pottersville6.0 miles13
Olden6.3 miles14
Horton7.1 miles13
Pomona7.7 miles14
Cureall8.6 miles13
West Plains9.0 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 750166. 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.