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Marsh Creek, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 2000. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63620. It lies near Jackson Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Rock Pile Mountain quadrangle.

Marsh Creek within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 20 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

29 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Marsh Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,072 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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 burning15
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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 September 2019Debris and open burning1.4 acresMissouri Department of Conservation179443-06205-09182019-1414
8 July 2012Naturalunder an acreMark Twain National ForestMARSH CREEK
1 May 2018Debris and open burning3.1 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177115-06205-05012018-1610
9 April 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 2005Debris and open burning3.3 acresMark Twain National ForestMARBLE CREEK
8 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.1 acresMark Twain National ForestFISH TRAP
7 April 2007Arson/incendiarism207 acresMark Twain National ForestTILK HOLLOW
26 April 1996Smoking11 acresMark Twain National ForestTILK HOLLOW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Marsh Creek: 11 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Cobalt, Copper, Lead, Nickel, Manganese, Limestone, Dimension, 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
Aubuchen ShaftsZinc, Cobalt, Copper, Lead, NickelPast Producer
Aubuchon MineLeadOccurrenceGalena
L M Hebener QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Phillips MineManganesePast Producer
Platina MineCopperPast Producer
Unknown - Granite C+BStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Lead-Copper-Nickle-CobaltCobalt, Lead, Nickel, CopperPast Producer
Unknown - Lead-Copper-Nickle-CobaltCobalt, Copper, Nickel, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - Lead-Copper-Nickle-CobaltCobalt, Copper, Lead, NickelPast Producer
Unknown - Lead-Copper-Nickle-CobaltCobalt, Copper, Lead, NickelPast Producer

Every working recorded in Madison 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
Wide Ford1.1 miles20
Faro2.5 miles20
French Mills3.0 miles20
Varsh Ford3.0 miles19
Jewett3.2 miles20
Saco3.8 miles19
Shelton Ford4.6 miles19
Braddy Ford (historical)5.8 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 750942. 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.