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Lake Spring, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Watkins Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65401. The Survey maps it on the Lecoma quadrangle. It stands 988 feet above sea level.

Lake Spring within Dent County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 20 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 Lake Spring between 1992 and 2020, burning about 389 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
Debris and open burning32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
6 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 July 1992Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 July 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 May 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 May 1992Debris and open burning6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 May 1994Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dent County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Lake Spring: 19 past producers, 3 prospects, 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Nivens Lime QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Blair MineIronPast Producer
Blair MineIronPast ProducerUnknown
Bowman MineIronPast Producer
Bowman MineIronPast Producer
Brewer PitIronPast Producer
Charles Bailey MineIronProspect
Cold Spring MineIronPast Producer
Donan Prospect # 2IronUnknown

Every working recorded in Dent 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
Lecoma2.8 miles20
Hobson3.1 miles20
Anutt5.1 miles18
Condray6.7 miles20
Deep Ford6.7 miles17
Bangert8.7 miles20
North Lenox9.1 miles19
Boscobel (historical)9.4 miles20

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.

Wikipedia article on Lake SpringAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3471610The 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 720757. 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.