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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.

McGee within Wayne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 19 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

17 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined6
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism3
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
11 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179092-11115-09112019-1700
10 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMingo National Wildlife RefugeMONOPOLY MARSH OVERLOOK
26 April 1997Debris and open burning30 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
15 April 1992Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 April 2001Arson/incendiarism15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 March 2020Debris and open burning2.9 acresMissouri Department of Conservation210521-11115-03072020-1140
25 March 1995Debris and open burning12 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Harty QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mayberry TractIronOccurrence
Otto Schelin PropertyIronProspect
Reed BankIronOccurrence
UnknownIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wayne 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
Arab4.0 miles19
Lowndes6.3 miles20
Shook6.4 miles19
Lost Creek Landing6.9 miles19
Hiram9.6 miles20
Wappapello10.4 miles14
Chaonia (historical)10.4 miles14
Burbank10.5 miles20

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 McGeeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q11007109The 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.