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Ingalls, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1984. It stands in North Green Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65767. The Survey maps it on the Urbana quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Ingalls within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Ingalls (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 618 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning25
Arson/incendiarism4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Smoking1

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
6 May 2018Debris and open burning45 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176852-03015-05062018-1539
20 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178611-03015-04202019-1451
20 April 2018Debris and open burning28 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176612-03015-04202018-1338
20 April 2014Arson/incendiarism89 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 March 2020Debris and open burning5.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190164-03015-03072020-1522
6 March 1997Debris and open burning60 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 March 2018Debris and open burning2.3 acresMissouri Department of Conservation166016-03015-03032018-0922
29 March 2020Debris and open burning5.2 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190342-03015-03292020-1407

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Ingalls (historical): 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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
Plummer FarmLeadPast Producer
Urbana Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Polk 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
Huckaby2.6 miles19
Rimby2.7 miles19
Clifford (historical)3.9 miles19
Sentinel5.0 miles24
Mohawk Corner5.9 miles24
Goodson6.6 miles19
Polk6.6 miles19
Adonis8.6 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740111. 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.