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Hines Landing, Missouri

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Shawnee Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63755. It stands on Apple Creek. The Survey maps it on the Neelys Landing quadrangle.

Hines Landing within Cape Girardeau County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 26 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

34 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Hines Landing between 1992 and 2019, burning about 366 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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/undetermined13
Debris and open burning10
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
30 September 2002Debris and open burning2.5 acresShawnee National ForestSNAG PATCH 1
30 September 2002Debris and open burning7.5 acresShawnee National ForestHALFMOON ISLAND
30 September 2002Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresShawnee National ForestKING'S FERRY
30 September 2002Debris and open burning3.0 acresShawnee National ForestDOUBLE SLOUGH
30 September 2002Debris and open burning4.0 acresShawnee National ForestSNAG PATCH 2
25 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresShawnee National ForestROUTE 3
24 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.5 acresShawnee National ForestKINGS FERRY
16 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreShawnee National ForestSADDLE HILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cape Girardeau County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Hines Landing: 4 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Zinc, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Neelys Landing Quarry and PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Umber MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
UnknownIron, Lead, ZincProspect
Shawnee High Interest Sand & Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand and Gravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gerler BankIronPast Producer
UnknownIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cape Girardeau 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
Lovejoy1.7 miles26
Neelys Landing4.0 miles26
New Wells5.2 miles26
Shawneetown6.7 miles24
Pocahontas7.1 miles24
Leemon7.2 miles20
Oriole8.0 miles20
Moccasin Springs8.2 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740931. 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.