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Killarney Shores, Missouri

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 2000. It stands in Arcadia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63650. It lies near Froe Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Lake Killarney quadrangle.

Killarney Shores within Iron County

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 25 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

38 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Killarney Shores between 1992 and 2018, burning about 513 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Smoking1

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
3 September 1996Recreation and ceremony10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 May 1997Smoking223 acresMark Twain National ForestLAKE KILLARNEY
7 April 2013Debris and open burning8.3 acresMark Twain National Forest334
6 April 2000Arson/incendiarism102 acresMark Twain National ForestTURKEY FOOT
26 April 2015Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation124051-06205-04262015-1607
24 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1997Debris and open burning17 acresMark Twain National ForestTURKEY FOOT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Iron County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Killarney Shores: 10 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Limestone, Dimension, Sulfur, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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
Shepherd MountainIron, Sulfur, Phosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer1815
Hastings QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Russell QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Unknown -LsLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Cedar Hill MineIronPast Producer
Klein ProspectIronProspect
Lewis MountainIronOccurrence
Lewis Mtn MineIronPast Producer
Pilot KnobIronProspect1835, 1848
Pilot Knob Pellet Comp. Mine/PlantIronProducer

Every working recorded in Iron 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
Russellville2.9 miles25
Wilsonville3.1 miles25
Ironton3.3 miles25
Arcadia3.4 miles25
Pilot Knob4.4 miles25
English Town4.4 miles25
Middlebrook6.4 miles24
Ghermanville6.7 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 750601. 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.