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Marvel Cave, Missouri

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Ruth C Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65737. It lies near Sawmill Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Garber quadrangle.

Marvel Cave within Stone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 15 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

49 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Marvel Cave between 1992 and 2020, burning about 460 acres in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1
Fireworks1
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
12 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 August 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 July 2018Natural6.9 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177405-10601-07192018-1905
7 June 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
30 June 2018Fireworksunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177232-10601-06302018-2210
18 June 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation138031-10601-06182016-1559
5 May 1997Debris and open burning160 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 1993Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stone County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Marvel Cave: 2 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Reed Springs Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Table Rock Quarry # 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Table Rock Quarry # 2Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Stone 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
Notch1.6 miles15
Lakeview1.7 miles15
Branson West1.7 miles15
Thelma3.4 miles15
Reeds Spring4.1 miles14
Stutts4.6 miles12
Stoneridge4.6 miles14
Indian Point4.9 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 750952. 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.