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Melville, Missouri

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Brooking Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64132. It stands on Hart Grove Creek. The Survey maps it on the Grandview quadrangle.

Melville within Jackson County

On record in Melville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 27 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.

In the county-history sources

1,807 words on this township

The History of Jackson County, Missouri, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., Biographical Sketches of Its Citizens, Jackson County in the Late War... History of Missouri, Map of Jackson County .., published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Brooking Township covers the youngest township in jackson county, the order of court, organizing the township, bears date march /j, 1872, the order itself, first constable, a word from kev. j. j. robinson, interesting reminiscences.

Read the chapter on Brooking Township - 1,807 words.

Fires near this place

49 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Melville between 2007 and 2018, burning about 110 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined25
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony6
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1

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
29 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
27 September 2007Arson/incendiarism100 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
2 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
16 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
13 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
7 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
28 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 47 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 47 workings within 5 miles of Melville: 45 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Doyle Rock Company Clay PitClayPast Producer
Unknown-ClayClayPast Producer
Beyer Mine and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Beyer QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Brush Creek MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Clark QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Coyter Brothers QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Elmer QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Feebeck QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Grady QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jackson 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
Dodson1.1 miles27
Marlborough1.3 miles27
Flinn2.2 miles27
Waldo2.5 miles27
Holmes Park2.7 miles27
Bryant2.7 miles27
Indian Village2.9 miles27
Eastwood3.7 miles38

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 722212. 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.