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Little Union, Missouri

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63461. The Survey maps it on the Philadelphia quadrangle.

Little Union within Marion County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Little Union between 1997 and 2020, burning about 17 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/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks1
Debris and open burning1

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
18 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use2.1 acresMissouri Department of Conservation179113-06438-08182019-1555
5 July 2020Fireworksunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation220616-06438-07052020-1355
7 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.4 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190166-06426-03072020-1630
28 March 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.1 acresMissouri Department of Conservation179027-06426-03282019-0322
11 March 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 February 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177345-06438-02252018-1745
5 December 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179743-06438-12052019-1320
27 December 2020Debris and open burning1.1 acresMissouri Department of Conservation261396-06438-12272020-1245

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Little Union: 10 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownClayPast Producer
UnknownClayPast Producer
UnknownClayPast Producer
UnknownClayPast Producer
UnknownClayPast Producer
UnknownClayPast Producer
UnknownClayPast Producer
UnknownClayPast 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
Slees Mills4.1 miles13
Philadelphia4.5 miles12
Emerson4.7 miles13
Smileyville5.4 miles13
Hester5.7 miles13
Woodland6.3 miles13
Newmarket6.4 miles12
Warren6.7 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 732954. 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.