Keener Cave, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Williams Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63967. It stands on Miller Creek. The Survey maps it on the Williamsville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1934 USGS Williamsville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1934 USGS Williamsville quadrangle1:48000
- 1940 USGS Williamsville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Williamsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
62 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Keener Cave between 1993 and 2020, burning about 839 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 30 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 189938-01201-09302019-1415 |
| 20 September 2000 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.5 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | CO 522 |
| 14 September 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | POWERLINE |
| 11 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | HOT FOOT |
| 8 July 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 13 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | HORSCH RIDGE |
| 6 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | WILEY KING |
| 5 July 1996 | 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 66 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 66 workings within 5 miles of Keener Cave: 44 past producers, 19 prospects, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Usfs Land | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Williamsville Quarry & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Usfs Land | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Usfs Land | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Williamsville Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Aldrich Land | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Amy Eaton Property | Iron | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williamsville | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Bull Run Camp | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Browns Crossing | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Ladero | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Taskee Station (historical) | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Upalika | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Kerrigan (historical) | 6.9 miles | 17 | |
| Barlow (historical) | 7.5 miles | 17 |
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 Q122555601 | 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 750563. 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.







