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Limberlost, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65560. It lies near Bates Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Cherryville quadrangle.

Limberlost within Crawford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 19 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

54 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Limberlost between 1992 and 2017, burning about 2,601 acres in total. None started naturally. 23 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 burning24
Arson/incendiarism23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Smoking2

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
23 September 1999Debris and open burning75 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 April 2002Debris and open burning15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 April 1992Arson/incendiarism130 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 April 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestCHERRYVILLE
2 April 1997Debris and open burning35 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 April 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 April 1998Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 April 1998Arson/incendiarism740 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crawford County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 61 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 61 workings within 5 miles of Limberlost: 57 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Clay, Lead, 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
Arthur MinesLead, ZincPast Producer
Jonas MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - CopperCopperProspect
Unknown - CopperCopperPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Arthur MinesLeadPast Producer1863
Metcalf DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Crawford 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
Cook Station4.2 miles19
Goltra4.4 miles19
Keysville5.0 miles21
Wesco5.3 miles19
Cherryville5.4 miles19
Lead Branch Junction6.7 miles21
Klein Ford7.7 miles21
Cedar Ford8.8 miles21

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 Q122568077The 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 750717. 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.