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Lamb, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Miller Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63401. It lies near Murphy Island. The Survey maps it on the Hannibal West quadrangle.

Lamb within Marion County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

12 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Lamb between 1992 and 2020, burning about 28 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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/undetermined5
Debris and open burning5
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
25 July 2019Smokingunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179720-06417-07252019-1010
5 May 2018Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177318-06417-05052018-1413
12 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.3 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177477-06438-04122018-1740
7 March 2020Debris and open burning1.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190478-06417-03072020-1155
30 March 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources102217
15 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177317-06417-03152018-1744
27 February 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177313-06417-02272018-1459

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Lamb: 17 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Bleigh Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fall Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gen Stewart S&G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Poage PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Central Stone #7 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Odell QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Marion 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
Mungers1.3 miles18
Hannibal2.7 miles17
Helton3.0 miles18
Mount Zion Community3.5 miles17
Uva3.6 miles17
Oakwood3.9 miles17
Cave City4.6 miles17
White Bear4.9 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740114. 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.