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Maxville, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Madison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64836. The Survey maps it on the Carthage quadrangle.

Maxville within Jasper County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

3 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Maxville between 1994 and 2019, burning about 8 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
Debris and open burning3

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
2 September 1996Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 June 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation200518-02439-06092019-0840
14 June 1994Debris and open burning6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jasper County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 43 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of Maxville: 38 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Zinc, Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension. 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
Linzee MinesLeadPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Carthage QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, DimensionProducer
Mignonette Mine # 3ZincPast Producer
Unknown - ZnZincPast Producer
Viernow & Meysenburg QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Carthage Building Stone Co.QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Carthage Crushed Limestone MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Carthage MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Carthage Mine & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Jasper 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
Kendricktown2.2 miles17
Carthage2.7 miles17
Forest Mills3.2 miles18
Knights4.1 miles17
Pleasant Valley4.9 miles17
Morgan Heights5.1 miles17
Carytown5.2 miles17
Brooklyn Heights6.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 721996. 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.