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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1937 USGS Vienna quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1938 USGS Vienna quadrangle1:48000
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Vienna quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Vienna quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sullivan quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
27 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 July 1992 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 19 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 14 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 April 1992 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 April 1992 | Natural | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 141135-06313-04012016-1430 |
| 8 March 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 March 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O. H. Jones Pit | Iron, Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Limestone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Tailings Pond -Barite -Superior Min | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Wolf-Superior Minerals Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henderson Ford (historical) | 1.5 miles | 18 | |
| Johnson Ford (historical) | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Bend | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Vienna | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Lindell | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| Paydown Ford (historical) | 6.2 miles | 18 | |
| Paydown | 6.2 miles | 18 | |
| Lois | 6.4 miles | 18 |
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 Q122568840 | The 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.









