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Majorville, Missouri

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Fristoe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65355. It stands on Helton Branch. The Survey maps it on the Warsaw East quadrangle.

Majorville within Benton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

38 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Majorville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,070 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
25 September 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 May 2015Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation124270-00810-05012015-1530
7 April 1992Debris and open burning60 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 April 1993Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 April 1993Smoking20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.8 acresMissouri Department of Conservation179325-00805-04122019-1320
12 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Majorville: 8 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Barium-Barite, Lead, Iron, Zinc, 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
Hopkins DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Unknown - Lead-ZincZinc, LeadPast Producer
Warsaw South Mine Quarry #2 & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Grissom BankIronPast Producer
Richwoods BankIronPast Producer
Unknown - Lead-BariteBarium-Barite, LeadProspect
Unknown - Lead-BariteBarium-Barite, LeadPast Producer
Bailey Gravel Pit + PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bailey Sand + Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Benton 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
Dell2.2 miles23
Dell Junction2.6 miles23
Gabriels Mills3.9 miles23
Fristoe4.5 miles20
Hastain5.1 miles20
White Branch5.8 miles23
Whitakerville5.8 miles23
Blue Branch6.0 miles23

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.

Wikipedia article on MajorvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3181388The 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 741038. 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.