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McKinley, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Buck Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65705. The Survey maps it on the Chesapeake quadrangle.

McKinley within Lawrence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

24 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of McKinley between 1994 and 2019, burning about 90 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2

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
13 July 2001Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 April 1994Debris and open burning6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 April 1996Debris and open burning6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 March 1996Debris and open burning14 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 March 1996Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 March 1996Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 February 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of McKinley: 18 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Lead, Zinc, Clay. 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
Unknown - Lead & ZincZinc, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - ZincZincPast Producer
Unknown - ClayClayPast Producer
Uptegraf Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown - Lead & ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Lead & ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Lead & ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Frisco MineIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronProspect

Every working recorded in Lawrence 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
Logan3.3 miles19
Marionville4.0 miles19
Chesapeake4.8 miles19
Orange4.9 miles19
Elliott6.5 miles19
Aurora7.9 miles12
Opal8.1 miles17
Bonham8.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 722142. 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.