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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.

Keener Cave within Wayne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

62 since 1993

Regional 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/incendiarism30
Debris and open burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation189938-01201-09302019-1415
20 September 2000Power generation/transmission/distribution1.5 acresMark Twain National ForestCO 522
14 September 1999Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresMark Twain National ForestPOWERLINE
11 September 1996Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 August 2009Naturalunder an acreMark Twain National ForestHOT FOOT
8 July 2005Arson/incendiarism13 acresMark Twain National ForestHORSCH RIDGE
6 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestWILEY KING
5 July 1996Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 66 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown - Usfs LandFlagstonePast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Williamsville Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - Usfs LandSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - Usfs LandSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Williamsville Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Aldrich LandIronPast Producer
Amy Eaton PropertyIronProspect

Every working recorded in Wayne 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
Williamsville3.2 miles13
Bull Run Camp4.4 miles13
Browns Crossing4.7 miles13
Ladero5.4 miles13
Taskee Station (historical)5.9 miles13
Upalika6.1 miles13
Kerrigan (historical)6.9 miles17
Barlow (historical)7.5 miles17

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 Q122555601The 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.