BlockMelton, Missouri
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Carroll Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63629. The Survey maps it on the Bunker quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 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.
- 1944 USGS Corridon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Corridon quadrangle1:62500
- 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
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Bunker quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Spring Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1999 USGS Bunker quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
113 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Melton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,155 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 64 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 64 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | BUNKER ROADSIDE |
| 20 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | DOE RUN |
| 18 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | KK JUNCTION |
| 18 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | OHLMAN CHURCH |
| 8 July 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | KITCHEL BRANCH |
| 17 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | CITY LIMITS |
| 13 June 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | CHARCOAL 77 |
| 13 June 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | CHARCOAL 74 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Melton: 4 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Lead, Zinc, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fletcher | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Nickel, Cobalt, Cadmium | Producer | 1958, 1967 | |
| Logan Creek Deposit | Lead, Zinc | Prospect | 1962 | |
| Bunker Bank | Iron | Occurrence | Limonite | |
| Bunker Bank | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Coleman Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Red Ore Bank | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Swinney Land | Iron | Occurrence | Limonite | |
| Unknown - Iron | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 739914. 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.