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Hollis, Missouri

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Goebel Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65606. It lies in Hollis School Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Many Springs quadrangle.

Hollis within Oregon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

116 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Hollis between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,902 acres in total. None started naturally. 84 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/incendiarism84
Debris and open burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes1

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
25 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMark Twain National ForestGOODWATER
1 September 2007Arson/incendiarism17 acresMark Twain National ForestSATURDAY FIRE
22 August 2012Arson/incendiarism16 acresMark Twain National ForestBUCK BAY
21 August 2012Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMark Twain National ForestBRASWELL
1 August 1997Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 July 2012Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresMark Twain National ForestSISCO
28 July 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 July 2012Arson/incendiarism65 acresMark Twain National ForestSMOKEY HOLLOW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oregon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Hollis: 9 past producers, 4 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Iron, Zinc, Iron, Manganese. 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
Unknown - Manganese & IronIron, ManganesePast Producer
C.S.&R Zinc MineIron, ZincPast Producer
Hess Zinc MineIron, ZincPast Producer
Drew Whitten MineIronProspect1945
Mt. Nebo BankIronProspect
Nebo Mt.IronProspect1942
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronProspect
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer

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
Braswell0.7 miles13
Lulu1.1 miles13
McFry Ford4.2 miles14
Simpson4.7 miles13
Turners Mill4.7 miles14
Alton5.0 miles12
Woodside5.1 miles12
Greer5.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 735192. 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.