Hilliard, Missouri

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Poplar Bluff Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63901. It stands on Buck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Poplar Bluff quadrangle.

Hilliard within Butler County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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.

1935 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1939 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:62500
1949 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:62500
1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
1966 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1968 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:62500
1983 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

81 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Hilliard between 1992 and 2020, burning about 316 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	42
Debris and open burning	25
Arson/incendiarism	11
Recreation and ceremony	2
Equipment and vehicle use	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
11 September 1996	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
11 September 1996	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
29 August 1996	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
7 July 1996	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
7 July 1996	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
6 July 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Missouri Department of Conservation	251228-01201-07062020-1525
6 July 1996	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
6 July 1996	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butler County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Hilliard: 28 past producers, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Kirby Mine	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown	Clay	Past Producer
Allen Bank	Iron	Prospect
Deal Mine Number 1	Iron	Past Producer
Deal Mine Nunber 2	Iron	Past Producer
Dover Mine	Iron	Past Producer
Hill Mine	Iron	Past Producer
Hooper Mine	Iron	Past Producer
Leib Bank	Iron	Prospect
Lewis Iron Mine	Iron	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Butler 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
Loma Linda	2.5 miles	15
Wilby	3.4 miles	15
Shady Dell	4.2 miles	15
Cedar Valley	4.5 miles	15
Green Forest	4.8 miles	15
Poplar Bluff	4.9 miles	15
Kelly Town	5.2 miles	15
Vinegar Hill	5.8 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 750334. 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.