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Iron Gates, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Galena Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64804. The Survey maps it on the Joplin West quadrangle.

Iron Gates within Jasper County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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.

In the county-history sources

121 words on this township

The History of Jasper County, Missouri : Including a Condensed History of the State, a Complete History of Carthage and Joplin, Other Towns and Townships : Together with Numerous Portraits of Prominent Men : Cuts of Elegant Residences and Public Buildings : a Sectional Map of the County : Biographical Sketches of Many Enterprising Farmers, Merchants, Mechanics, Professional, and Business Men : the Constitution of the State : an Abstract of Laws : an Elaborate History of Jasper County - Its Topography, Natural History, Pioneers, Organization, Political History, Courts and Bar, Religious, Educational, Medical, Agricultural, Mining, and Horticultural, Its Commercial and Business Interests, Etc, published 1883 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Galena Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Galena Township - 121 words.

Fires near this place

104 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Iron Gates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 913 acres in total. 1 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 burning51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined39
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1
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
17 September 2000Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 August 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresKansas Forest Service148
17 August 2018Naturalunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177462-07341-08172018-1253
12 August 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresKansas Forest Service156
1 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177367-07341-08012018-0922
9 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177224-07341-07092018-1614
6 July 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresKansas Forest Service138

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jasper County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 1,078 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1,078 workings within 5 miles of Iron Gates: 1,078 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Zinc, Lead, Zinc, 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
Kirshmann-Jeffries QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Marble, DimensionPast Producer
Unknown - Zn/PbZinc, LeadPast Producer
Opossum Hollow QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Taxbox QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Belleville Strip PitZincPast Producer1900
Cox and Owen Stokes LeaseZincPast Producer1915
J&M Mining Co.-Ben PutnamZincPast Producer1895
UnknownZincPast Producer1890, 1916
W. C. MineZincPast Producer1926, 1942

Every working recorded in Jasper 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
Blendville (historical)1.5 miles19
Chitwood1.5 miles19
Central City2.0 miles19
West Joplin2.2 miles19
Joplin2.5 miles19
Belle Center2.8 miles19
Dubuque (historical)3.4 miles19
Lone Elm3.6 miles19

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q49354490The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 720164. 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.