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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1932 USGS Hannibal quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1936 USGS Hannibal quadrangle1:48000
- 1936 USGS Hannibal quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Hannibal quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1971 USGS Hannibal West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 July 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179720-06417-07252019-1010 |
| 5 May 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177318-06417-05052018-1413 |
| 12 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.3 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177477-06438-04122018-1740 |
| 7 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190478-06417-03072020-1155 |
| 30 March 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 28 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 102217 |
| 15 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177317-06417-03152018-1744 |
| 27 February 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177313-06417-02272018-1459 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bleigh Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fall Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gen Stewart S&G Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Poage Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Central Stone #7 Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Odell Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mungers | 1.3 miles | 18 | |
| Hannibal | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Helton | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Mount Zion Community | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Uva | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Oakwood | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Cave City | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| White Bear | 4.9 miles | 17 |
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.







