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Meyerstown, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Boone Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65459. It stands on Meddleberger Branch. The Survey maps it on the Van Cleve quadrangle.

Meyerstown within Maries County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

18 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Meyerstown between 1994 and 2020, burning about 509 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 burning9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
27 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 July 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
21 July 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
18 April 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 April 2018Equipment and vehicle use7.8 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177917-07614-04162018-1517
15 April 2003Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
10 April 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
6 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined454 acresMissouri Department of ConservationKK RANCH ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maries County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Meyerstown: 11 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Lead, Zinc, Lead, Sulfur-Pyrite. 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
Chrisman DigginsLeadPast Producer
Pioneer #1 MineSulfur-PyritePast Producer
Rothwell DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer
Abbott BankIronPast Producer
Champion BankIronPast Producer
Chrisman BankIronPast Producer
Hannah MineIronPast Producer
Lawson Mine Number OneIronPast Producer
Pioneer Mine Number TwoIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Maries 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
Tavern1.7 miles20
Ozark Junction2.2 miles20
Sudheimer2.2 miles20
Brinktown4.7 miles20
Van Cleve5.1 miles20
Venus6.9 miles20
Big Bend10.1 miles20
Shantytown10.7 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741063. 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.