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Lovejoy, Missouri

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Shawnee Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63755. It stands on Lovejoy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Neelys Landing quadrangle.

Lovejoy within Cape Girardeau County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 26 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

23 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Lovejoy between 1992 and 2011, burning about 272 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
30 September 2002Debris and open burning2.5 acresShawnee National ForestSNAG PATCH 1
30 September 2002Debris and open burning7.5 acresShawnee National ForestHALFMOON ISLAND
30 September 2002Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresShawnee National ForestKING'S FERRY
30 September 2002Debris and open burning3.0 acresShawnee National ForestDOUBLE SLOUGH
30 September 2002Debris and open burning4.0 acresShawnee National ForestSNAG PATCH 2
25 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresShawnee National ForestROUTE 3
20 July 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreShawnee National ForestPINE HILLS RD
8 April 1992Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cape Girardeau County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Lovejoy: 4 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc. 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
UnknownIron, Lead, ZincProspect
Neelys Landing Quarry and PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Shawnee High Interest Sand & Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand and Gravel
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gerler BankIronPast Producer
UnknownIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cape Girardeau 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
Hines Landing1.7 miles26
Neelys Landing2.6 miles26
New Wells5.3 miles26
Leemon5.7 miles20
Pocahontas6.3 miles24
Oriole6.3 miles20
Shawneetown6.7 miles24
Moccasin Springs6.7 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 730544. 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.