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Iron Center, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Meramec Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65453. The Survey maps it on the Cuba quadrangle.

Iron Center within Crawford 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

74 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Iron Center between 1992 and 2020, burning about 355 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
12 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation144733-02811-09122016-1958
29 July 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation144732-02811-07292016-1151
20 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 June 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation144712-02811-06232016-2132
22 June 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation144711-02811-06222016-1339
28 May 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
26 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178544-02811-05262018-2115
25 May 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation129938-02811-05252015-1641

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crawford County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Iron Center: 35 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sulfur-Pyrite. 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 - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Weathers BankFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Iron Ridge Mine # 1Sulfur-PyritePast Producer
Julian Pickles ProspectSulfur-PyritePast Producer
Pilz ProspectSulfur-PyritePast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Crawford 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
Fanning1.0 miles19
Fox Springs1.9 miles19
Amanda2.7 miles19
Thousand Oaks3.2 miles21
Cuba3.2 miles19
Idlewild3.2 miles19
Indian Lake3.9 miles19
Scott Ford3.9 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 736470. 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.