McGee, Missouri
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63763. It stands on Rocky Creek. The Survey maps it on the McGee quadrangle. It stands 387 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 19 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1935 USGS Zalma quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1939 USGS Zalma quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS McGee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Piedmont quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
17 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of McGee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 230 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/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179092-11115-09112019-1700 |
| 10 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 April 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mingo National Wildlife Refuge | MONOPOLY MARSH OVERLOOK |
| 26 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 15 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 13 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.9 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 210521-11115-03072020-1140 |
| 25 March 1995 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of McGee: 4 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harty Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mayberry Tract | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Otto Schelin Property | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Reed Bank | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Iron | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arab | 4.0 miles | 19 | |
| Lowndes | 6.3 miles | 20 | |
| Shook | 6.4 miles | 19 | |
| Lost Creek Landing | 6.9 miles | 19 | |
| Hiram | 9.6 miles | 20 | |
| Wappapello | 10.4 miles | 14 | |
| Chaonia (historical) | 10.4 miles | 14 | |
| Burbank | 10.5 miles | 20 |
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 McGee | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q11007109 | The 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 741053. 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.












