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Howes, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Short Bend Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65560. The Survey maps it on the Salem quadrangle.

Howes within Dent County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 17 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

85 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Howes between 1992 and 2015, burning about 767 acres in total. None started naturally. 16 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
Debris and open burning51
Arson/incendiarism16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
3 September 1996Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 August 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
27 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 July 1999Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 May 1994Debris and open burning6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 May 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 May 1992Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dent County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Howes: 21 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 - LeadLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Arnold MineIronPast ProducerSurface
Benton Creek MineIronPast Producer
Blackwell BankIronPast Producer
Ferguson MineIronPast ProducerHematite
Ferguson MineIronPast Producer
Hawkins MineIronPast Producer1879, 1907
Hawkins MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dent 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
Dent Ford3.7 miles18
Cooksey4.2 miles19
Bangert4.3 miles20
Condray4.5 miles20
Salem4.6 miles17
Boscobel (historical)4.7 miles20
Short Bend5.0 miles18
Deep Ford5.4 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 735659. 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.