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Kinzer, Missouri

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Poplar Bluff Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63932. The Survey maps it on the Rombauer quadrangle.

Kinzer within Butler County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

60 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Kinzer between 1992 and 2020, burning about 107 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined41
Debris and open burning13
Arson/incendiarism4
Other causes1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
28 September 1996Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
20 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178114-01201-09202018-1836
11 September 1996Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use50 acresMark Twain National ForestEASTSIDE
6 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation189936-01201-08062019-1655
29 August 1996Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 August 1996Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 July 1996Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butler County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Kinzer: 14 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Clay. 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
UnknownClayPast Producer
Allen BankIronProspect
UnknownIronPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Butler County

Storms near this place

1 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kinzer in 1 storm report in 1996: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 1996Thunderstorm WindKinzer$1,000no account filed

Every storm recorded in Butler 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
Empire1.0 miles14
Morocco2.1 miles12
Junland2.9 miles14
Poplar Bluff3.1 miles15
Ashcroft Addition3.1 miles14
Kelly Town3.7 miles15
Vinegar Hill3.8 miles14
Barron3.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 739860. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.