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Guiteau, Missouri

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Jeff Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65778. The Survey maps it on the Myrtle quadrangle.

Guiteau within Oregon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

36 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Guiteau between 1995 and 2020, burning about 266 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 burning24
Equipment and vehicle use5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1
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
24 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 July 2001Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
15 July 1997Natural1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 July 1997Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 May 2015Debris and open burning1.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation123610-07525-05022015-1405
9 April 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oregon County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Guiteau: 4 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Mrs. Alma OverstreetIronPast Producer1944
Pointer MineIronProspect
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Willard Williams MineIronPast Producer
Wrenfrow ProspectIronProspect

Every working recorded in Oregon 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
Garfield2.7 miles12
Deckard-Y3.1 miles12
Jobe (historical)3.5 miles12
Myrtle3.6 miles12
Farewell4.1 miles12
Jobe4.1 miles12
Jeff4.8 miles13
Corona5.2 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 735214. 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.