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Lake Springs, Missouri

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Lesterville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63654. It lies near Sabula Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Lesterville quadrangle.

Lake Springs within Reynolds County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 18 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

28 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Lake Springs between 1992 and 2019, burning about 708 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 burning18
Arson/incendiarism8
Recreation and ceremony1
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
7 April 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 April 2019Debris and open burning4.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation178612-00000-04222019-1515
2 April 1997Debris and open burning280 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 April 1997Debris and open burning40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 March 2002Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 March 1992Debris and open burning50 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
31 March 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
31 March 1992Arson/incendiarism30 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Reynolds County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Lake Springs: 9 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead. 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 LeadLeadPast Producer
Unknown ManganeseManganesePast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Collins Prospect Number 1IronProspect
Collins Prospect Number 2IronProspect
Drennen PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kipp ProspectIronPast Producer
Unknown IronIronPast Producer
Unknown S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Reynolds 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
Lesterville2.6 miles18
Pinkley (historical)3.8 miles21
Smithboro4.5 miles18
Monterey8.7 miles21
Centerville8.8 miles20
Black9.1 miles19
Munger9.9 miles21
Redford10.7 miles18

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 Q122565213The 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 739927. 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.