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Hensley, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63060. The Survey maps it on the Richwoods quadrangle.

Hensley within Franklin 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

9 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Hensley between 1994 and 2002, burning about 479 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Debris and open burning3
Smoking2

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
18 April 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 April 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
26 March 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 February 1994Smoking3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 December 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
26 December 1999Debris and open burning12 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 November 1995Smoking4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 November 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Hensley: 13 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Barium-Barite, Copper, 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
South Virginia MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - CopperCopperPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Venable PropertyLead, Barium-BaritePast Producer
A-Plant & QuarryBarium-BariteProducer
Southeast WashingtonBarium-BariteProducer
Virginia MineBarium-BariteProducer
Darley Lead MineLeadPast Producer
Eastwood MinesLeadPast Producer
Giles MineLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Franklin 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
Huff0.8 miles19
Luebbering3.3 miles20
Mount Hope3.8 miles20
George (historical)4.1 miles19
Maupin4.6 miles19
Lonedell5.0 miles20
Piney Park5.5 miles21
Hemker6.6 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 730667. 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.