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House Hollow, Missouri

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Eminence Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65466. It stands on Sinking Branch. The Survey maps it on the Alley Spring quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

House Hollow within Shannon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 22 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

89 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of House Hollow (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,773 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 45 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/incendiarism45
Debris and open burning32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

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
19 August 1999Arson/incendiarism27 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 July 2000Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 June 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOzark National Scenic RiverSLIDE
9 April 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOzark National Scenic RiverEDSMITH
7 April 1994Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOzark National Scenic RiverHORSE
7 April 1994Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOzark National Scenic RiverWEST
6 April 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shannon County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of House Hollow (historical): 4 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Copper, 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
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Casey MineCopperOccurrenceChalcocite, Malachite
Casey MineCopperPast Producer
McKinney MineCopperPast Producer
Chilton BankIronProspect
Missouri Mining & Lumber Co # 15IronPast Producer
West Eminence BankIronProspect
Yancey Mountain BankIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Shannon 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
Alley2.1 miles22
Venice2.4 miles22
Alley Spring2.7 miles22
Flatwood3.0 miles22
Spur 3 (historical)3.8 miles22
West Eminence4.0 miles22
Eminence4.3 miles22
Delaware5.5 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 739893. 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.