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Levy, Missouri

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Walton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63664. It stands on Race Creek. The Survey maps it on the Shirley quadrangle.

Levy within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 22 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

97 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Levy between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,508 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 35 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
Arson/incendiarism35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Debris and open burning21
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1

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
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation128011-11043-09052015-1622
15 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.3 acresMark Twain National ForestFLOYD
14 September 2013Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
31 August 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMark Twain National ForestMARGE FIRE
27 August 2017Debris and open burning1.4 acresMark Twain National ForestPOWER POLE
9 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMark Twain National ForestLOST CREEK CHURCH
10 July 2012Natural82 acresMark Twain National ForestSCOTTS BRANCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington 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 Levy: 14 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Barium-Barite, Zinc, Lead, Barium-Barite, 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
PalmerLead, Barium-Barite, IronPast ProducerREPLACEMENT
Parole MineBarium-Barite, LeadPast Producer1814
Krueger Zinc MineZinc, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - Lead and ZincZinc, LeadPast Producer
Parole Mine and MillBarium-BariteProducer
Tailings Pond -Barite -Parole MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
Coffee Pot DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Picayune DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Unknown-LeadLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington 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
Shirley1.4 miles22
Camp Lakewood2.5 miles22
Floyd2.8 miles22
Palmer5.8 miles23
Bates Creek Camp6.6 miles21
Latty7.2 miles21
Fourche a Renault (historical)7.8 miles19
Brazil7.8 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 736756. 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.