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James Brothers, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65582. It stands on Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Vienna quadrangle.

James Brothers within Maries County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

27 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of James Brothers between 1992 and 2018, burning about 170 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 was 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 burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Natural2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
15 July 1992Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 April 1997Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 April 1995Debris and open burning30 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 April 1992Natural3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 April 1992Natural20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation141135-06313-04012016-1430
8 March 2001Arson/incendiarism40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 March 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maries County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of James Brothers: 12 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Barium-Barite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
O. H. Jones PitIron, Fire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - LimestoneStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Tailings Pond -Barite -Superior MinBarium-BaritePast Producer
Wolf-Superior Minerals MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer

Every working recorded in Maries 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
Henderson Ford (historical)1.5 miles18
Johnson Ford (historical)1.9 miles17
Bend3.0 miles18
Vienna4.3 miles17
Lindell4.5 miles18
Paydown Ford (historical)6.2 miles18
Paydown6.2 miles18
Lois6.4 miles18

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 Q122568840The 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 738906. 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.