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Middlebrook, Missouri

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Iron Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63650. It stands on Middlebrook Hill. The Survey maps it on the Graniteville quadrangle. It stands 1,132 feet above sea level.

Middlebrook within Iron County

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 24 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

30 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Middlebrook between 1992 and 2020, burning about 146 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Arson/incendiarism5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
3 September 1996Recreation and ceremony10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 September 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 May 1992Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 1994Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 April 1992Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 April 1993Debris and open burning6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 April 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 April 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Iron County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Middlebrook: 26 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension. 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
Buford MtnIron, ManganesePast Producer
Sheahan Granite QuarryTin, Stone, DimensionPast Producer1888
Shepherd MountainIron, Sulfur, Phosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer1815
Unknown - Lead - IronIron, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - Lead ProspectLeadProspect
Jones QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls DimensionLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Unknown -LsLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Graniteville QuarryGranitePast Producer

Every working recorded in Iron 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
Ghermanville1.5 miles24
Graniteville1.9 miles24
English Town2.8 miles25
Pilot Knob2.9 miles25
Snow Hollow Lake3.0 miles24
Wilsonville4.5 miles25
Ironton4.7 miles25
Pin Hook4.8 miles24

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 MiddlebrookAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3472602The 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 756387. 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.